LDS Church releases statement on Respect for Marriage Act passage into law; reiterates its doctrine marriage is between man and woman

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The new law requires the federal government to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages. It also repeals the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which barred same-sex couples legally married in their home states from receiving the some federal benefits available to couples in opposite-sex marriages.

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