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data-activy-map="le-byle-article-top">By <span class="byle-name"><a href=">Stt Wong</a></span>, <span class="byle-name"><a href=">Sahil Kapur</a></span> and <span class="byle-name">Frank Thorp V</span></div></sectn><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><p class="">WASHINGTON — The Senate won't vote on legislatn to protect same-sex marriage until after the midterm electns, key senators said Thursday, apparently a bid to give Republins polil space to support the bill whout offendg their base.</p><p class="">The lear of the effort, Sen. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., has been workg this month on an amendment to the bill aimed at attractg more Republin vot to overe a filibter. But the necsary 10 GOP vot have remaed elive.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">"We're very nfint that the bill will pass, but we will need a ltle more time," Baldw told reporters Thursday.</p><p class="">Sen. San Colls, R-Mae, said Wednday that the amendment language they were workg on would “make very clear” that the bill wouldn’t “legalize polygamo marriag” or require church to “perform same-sex marriag.”</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="People rally support of marriage equaly outsi the Supreme Court durg oral arguments a se challengg the Defense of Marriage Act on March 27, 2013." height="1621" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">People rally support of marriage equaly outsi the Supreme Court durg oral arguments a se challengg the Defense of Marriage Act on March 27, 2013.</span><span class="ptn__source">Chip Somovilla / Getty Imag file</span></figptn></figure><p class="">"I thk we're very good shape, very good shape. And this bill is gog to pass," Colls said Thursday. "I thk we managed to thread the needle on the relig liberty ncerns." </p><p class="">The unrlyg legislatn, which would enshre feral protectns for same-sex marriage, is -sponsored by Colls and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Oh, whose son is openly gay. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., also has said he supports . </p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">A <a href=" target="_blank">versn of the legislatn</a> cleared the Hoe this summer, wh 47 Republins jog all Democrats votg y.</p><p class="">Senate Majory Lear Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., signaled this week that he wanted to kick-start the floor procs Thursday, but his office announced a change of urse the afternoon.</p><p class="">Schumer is "extremely disappoted that there aren’t 10 Republins the Senate willg to vote y on marriage equaly legislatn at this time," said his spokperson, Jt Goodman, and bee his "ma objective is to pass this important legislatn, he will adhere to the bipartisan group of Senators’ requt to lay floor actn." Schumer is “100 percent mted to holdg a vote on the legislatn this year," Goodman add.</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="Sen. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., at the Capol on May 05, 2022." height="1667" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">Sen. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., at the Capol on May 5.</span><span class="ptn__source">Anna Moneymaker / Getty Imag file</span></figptn></figure><p class="">Shortly after a bipartisan huddle Schumer’s office, the group explaed why the vote would be layed.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend" data-ttid="remend-wrapper"></div><p class="">“We have jt put together language that has tremendo rpect for the put that we’ve received on relig eedom. But the fact of the matter is ’s only about 18 hours old — ls than that,” Tillis told reporters Thursday, addg that senators should have more time to review the five-page amendment. </p><p class="">“There have been some that said the timg of the vote was polil,” Tillis said. “This is clearly a suatn where we want to make our members feel fortable wh . Then I’m nfint that we’ll ultimately pass .” </p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., a former Hoe GOP whip, who hasn’t ma up his md about whether to back the bill, argued the vote tally would be higher after Electn Day.   </p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend" data-ttid="remend-wrapper"></div><p class="">“The unreformed whip me would say you should have a vote when you’ve got the vot,” Blunt said, “but they’ll get more vot November and December than they’ll get on Monday.”</p><p class="">Backers of the bill have been assigned to reach out to certa Republins who are on the fence. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told NBC News that Sen. Kyrsten Sema, D-Ariz., was tasked wh ntactg him and that he's reviewg the new language, which he received Wednday night.</p><p class="endmark">Johnson wouldn’t share tails of their nversatn. He said he has “always enjoyed my work wh Sen. Sema when we worked on” homeland secury and borr issu, addg, “I rpected her genue effort to try and fix the problem at the borr.”</p></div><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><div class="expand-byle-ntributors articleByleContaer"><div class="expand-byle article-expand-byle" data-activy-map="expand-byle-article-bottom"><div class="byle-thumbnail byle-thumbnail--has-image expand-byle__thumbnail"><a href="><picture><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="48" width="48"/></picture></a></div><span class="byle-name expand-byle__name"><a href=">Stt Wong</a></span><span class="byle-social expand-byle__social"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="byle-social--lk"><span class="in in-twter"></span></a><a href="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="byle-social--lk"><span class="in in-email"></span></a></span><div class="expand-byle__b-wrapper"><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Stt Wong is a senr ngrsnal reporter for 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gay bill filibuster

Opponents of the bill say would enshre discrimatn agast gay and transgenr people the state nstutn.

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SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL, PAVG PATH FOR PROTECTG SAME SEX UNNS

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.

BOTH KANSAS SENATORS VOTE NO, AS U.S. SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL

Tammy Baldw, the first openly gay person elected to the Senate. “I have suggted to others that not only would I like to see Roe, Casey, and Griswold on ntraceptn dified but I’ve also ma clear my support for, for gay marriage years ago, ” she said.

AFTER EPIC 39-HOUR FILIBTER, MISSOURI SENATE PASS BILL CRICIZED AS ANTI-GAY

Fredrickson, the first openly gay man elected to the Nebraska Legislature, exprsed his heartbreak at not beg able to change the oute of the vote.

TURG BILL FILIBTERED BY TORY MISTER AMID ROW OVER HOW TO PARDON PEOPLE NVICTED UNR SCRAPPED ANTI-GAY LAWS

"While gay marriage is already the law of the land, this bill go far beyond makg feral statute by attackg our relig eedoms and threateng to take away relig stutns’ tax exempt stat, ” Marshall said a echoed that sentiment. Wa, cludg accs to ntraceptn and gay marriage, an opn that sparked an outcry on the ' 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. WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) civil rights anizatn, praised Missouri Senate Democrats for leadg a historic filibter – now s 17th hour – to stop Republins om movg forward wh Senate Jot Rolutn (SJR) 39 – a measure that uld enshre discrimatn agast LGBT Missourians and their fai to the state gog strong sce 4:00 PM CT yterday, the pro-equaly state senators have been vigoroly fightg an asslt on equaly that’s siar to so-lled “First Amendment Defense Act” legislatn troduced other stat.

The legislatn would have reckls tend and untend rolutn addrs no real problem the state as no feral or state law requir relig anizatns or clergy to sanctn or perform same-sex Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly. ”On his first day office, Bin signed an executive orr directg feral agenci to implement the Supreme Court’s Bostock lg and to enforce any regulatns banng sex discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn and genr inty, as last October, Bin told Philalphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal that passg the Equaly Act would ensure “no future print n ever aga roll back civil rights and protectns for LGBTQ+ dividuals.

Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support. Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights.

MO. DEMOCRATS FILIBTER RELIG-EEDOM BILL THAT CRICS SAY ULD DISCRIMATE AGAST GAYS

Tammy Baldw, a Wisns Democrat, the first known gay polician elected to the US Senate.

Social nservativ say the bills are necsary to protect fah-based anizatns and fah-driven bs om beg forced to ndone a practice that clash wh their such measur have been met wh fierce opposn by gay rights supporters and others, cludg proment bs that warn uld harm merce by patg the state as bigoted. Backlash agast Indiana's relig eedom law grew this week, wh opponents argug legaliz discrimatn agast gays and lbians.

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Kansas senators oppose gay marriage bill U.S. Senate vote .

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