The Hoe of Reprentativ on Tuday passed a bill to dify the right to gay marriage the wake of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wa
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- SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL, PAVG PATH FOR PROTECTG SAME SEX UNNS
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL, PAVG PATH FOR PROTECTG SAME SEX UNNS
* gay marriage vote today *
Liz Cheney of Wyomg -- a break om her past stance on the issue, which publicly put her at odds wh her parents and sister, who is gay. "I've ma clear my support for gay marriage years ago. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Senate.
”The legislatn me about after the nservative Supreme Court majory overturned the nstutnal right to an abortn, sparkg fears that the jtic may also revis liberal urt precents that enshre marriage rights for gay and terracial bill would require the feral ernment to regnize marriag that were valid a state when they were performed. Passage of a measure that would protect gay marriage rights natnwi crossed a key thrhold Wednday when the Senate feated a filibter and set the stage for fal approval shortly. Wa, cludg accs to ntraceptn and gay marriage, an opn that sparked an outcry on the to know about the Rpect for Marriage Act and the new battle for same-sex marriageThomas' opn ncurrg wh the urt's cisn to remove nstutnal protectns for abortn accs prompted the Democratic-led Hoe to pass a marriage equaly bill July, and the Democratic-led Senate to brg a bill to the floor this week.
Tammy Baldw, the first openly gay person elected to the Senate. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay person elected to the Senate — would ensure that the feral ernment regniz marriag that were validly performed and guarantee full benefs “regardls of the uple’s sex, race, ethnicy, or natnal orig. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the first openly gay member of Congrs, attend the vote the Capol.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
I know a lot of married gay and lbian people who have been worried ever sce Clarence Thomas said what he said. But a sign of the tim, the Mormon church, which had prevly spent lns of dollars opposn to gay marriage legislatn at the state level, me out support of the measure on Tuday. “Nothg the bill adds new protectns for gay marriage, but do, my view, create great uncertaty about relig liberty and stutns who oppose gay marriage, ” tweeted GOP Sen.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U.
Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right. Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor.