Photo by Chip Somovilla/Getty Imag WASHINGTON -- The Senate has approved a bill outlawg workplace discrimatn agast gay, bisexual and transgenr Amerins. The vote reflected the natn's rapidly evolvg attu toward gay rights nearly two s after Congrs rejected same-sex marriage. The fal tally was 64-32. Dpe the bipartisan vote, the measure's chanc the Hoe are dim. Speaker John Boehner lls the shots, and he oppos the bill. Gay rights advot hailed Senate passage
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- SENATE’S APPROVAL OF GAY RIGHTS BILL REFLECTS CHANGG ATTUS
- HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
- BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS GETS ENOUGH VOT TO PASS U.S. HOE
SENATE’S APPROVAL OF GAY RIGHTS BILL REFLECTS CHANGG ATTUS
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Mark Takano, D-Calif., the first openly gay person of lor Congrs.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
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 * gay rights bill vote *
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BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS GETS ENOUGH VOT TO PASS U.S. HOE
A bill to protect gay marriage rights secured enough vot to pass the U.S. Hoe of Reprentativ on Tuday, garnerg some bipartisan support. * gay rights bill vote *
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Lee tried and failed to attach chang to the bill that he said would more strongly protect relig Colls phed back, notg that the bill had received strong backg om fah-based groups, cludg the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which historilly has aggrsively opposed gay rights. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Senate.