The Senate is moving a bill to enshrine marriage equality in the Federal Code. (The Hill)

The bill that is making its way through the Senate would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. A sea change in the public’s attitude toward equal rights is the reason 12 Senate Republicans are on board with passing marriage equality legislation.

Democratic legislators are keen to enshrine Civil rights guaranteed by the Supreme Court in anticipation of possible reversals by the 6-3 conservative majority. The ‘Roe’ reversal was a wake up call to preserve Civil rights through the legislative process because the Nation’s highest Court is on a crusade to adopt a strict doctrinal interpretation of the Constitution.