It's 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.
Contents:
- 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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Stt Applewhe/AP, FILESchumer and other Democrats have argued that a ncurrg opn by Jtice Clarence Thomas the June cisn, which he said the urt "should rensir" grantg a natnwi right to gay marriage, put the rights of LGBTQ Amerins Schumer, and other senators wh loved on who are a part of the LGBTQ muny, the matter is personal. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Senate.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
”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. The Senate voted 64-32 that year to protect lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people om workplace discrimatn. 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. 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.
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
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.
Republin Senator Rob Portman told reporters, "We were very, very close" to movg toward passage of a ph to enact a feral law regnizg gay marriage arose after nservative U. ”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. ” Latter-Day Sats have done a wonrful job of brandg by characterizg their church’s support of the bill as a sign of uny, rather than what is: a longstandg homophobic stutn perversely seizg the opportuny to enshre s own right to discrimate.