U.S. Senate vot on legislatn protectg gay marriage on Thursday were put off until after the Nov. 8 ngrsnal electns, as negotiators failed to w enough Republin support to ensure passage.
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- RPT GAY MARRIAGE BILL HS SNAG U.S. SENATE, NO VOTE UNTIL AFTER ELECTNS
- HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
RPT GAY MARRIAGE BILL HS SNAG U.S. SENATE, NO VOTE UNTIL AFTER ELECTNS
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HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed bipartisan legislatn Tuday to protect same-sex marriag, an extraordary sign of shiftg natnal polics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thoands of same-sex upl who have married sce the Supreme Court’s 2015 cisn that legalized gay marriage natnwi. It as the LGBTQ muny has faced vlent attacks, such as the shootg last weekend at a gay nightclub Colorado that killed five people and jured at least 17. Tammy Baldw, a Democrat who is the first openly gay senator and has been workg on gay rights issu for almost four s, said this month that the newfound openns om many Republins on the subject remds her “of the arc of the LBGTQ movement to beg wh, the early days when people weren’t out and people knew gay people by myths and stereotyp.
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
Jt as stat followed Florida’s bill that opponents labeled “Don’t Say Gay” — which rtricts -school discsns about sexual orientatn or genr inty — several joed Tennsee proposg bills that would ban drag performanc. Senate vot on legislatn protectg gay marriage on Thursday were put off until after the Nov. Cens Bure 2019 timated that there were 543, 000 same-sex married uple hoeholds and 469, 000 hoeholds wh same-sex unmarried partners livg Majory Lear Chuck Schumer is "extremely disappoted" that there were not at least 10 out of 50 Republins willg to e forward to support the gay rights legislatn, spokman Jt Goodman said a statement.