In a historic move by Congress, lawmakers have passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which is enshrining the rights of same sex and interracial marriages.

美国国会通过了《尊重婚姻法案》，这是一项历史性的举措，该法案旨在保护同性婚姻和跨种族婚姻的权利Nn3ez)j2=d]。

It puts into law that same sex marriages and interracial marriages are legally recognized on the federal level.

它在联邦层面保障同性婚姻和跨种族婚姻得到法律承认MnSA#gTcX@jsfhBQqE!。

So any marriage between two people, as long as their union was valid in the state where they got married would be federally recognized.

因此两个人之间的婚姻只要得到他们申请结婚的州的承认，就能得到联邦的承认@#9hSriNFaB9y0Iiqhu4。

It also repeals the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, and that defined marriage as one man and one woman, and it allowed states to decline to recognize same sex marriages that were performed in other states.

它还废除了1996年的《捍卫婚姻法案》，该法案限定只有异性之间的婚姻才受联邦认可，并允许各州拒绝承认其他州承认的同性婚姻Nwf^*&bsN6。

So the bill was drafted after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on this past summer.

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In Justice Clarence Thomas's ruling, he expressed possible interest in reconsidering same sex and interracial marriage rights.

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So with these concerns that the Supreme Court might overturn some of these protections, Congress decided to act.

由于担心最高法院可能会推翻相关的某些保护措施，国会决定采取行动)[nhDss[GT|。

So the legislation originated sort of as a protective measure.

因此，这项立法最初是作为一种保护措施kP2=~a52!v。

But this legislation is historic because it enshrines the right to marriage equality into federal law, which is something that we have not quite seen before.

但它具有历史意义，因为它将婚姻平等权写入了联邦法律，这是以前从未发生过的Q9hFxjKJ0A&r-eT%。

And in addition to that, the passage of this legislation really demonstrates a pretty significant shift in views on same sex marriages, and it marks a pretty significant legislative win for LGBTQ plus community, and specifically on the federal level, which again, is something that we haven't seen before.

除此之外，这项立法的通过表明人们对同性婚姻的看法出现了相当大的转变，标志着LGBTQ+社区在立法上取得了相当重大的胜利，特别是在联邦层面上，这是以前从未发生过的t~WNwXId(MeP,~m7,。