The U.S. Hoe of Reprentativ on Tuday passed a bill protectg gay marriage rights, after the Supreme Court's cisn to overturn Roe v. Wa imperiled siar precents that protected rights to same-sex relatns and ntraceptn.
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HOE PASS BILL PROTECTG GAY AND TERRACIAL MARRIAGE, SENDS TO BIN FOR SIGNATURE
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They clud Judh Kasen-Wdsor, widow of gay rights activist Edie Wdsor; Matthew Hayn, -owner of Club Q, the LGBTQ club Colorado Sprgs where a gunman last month killed five people a mass shootg; Club Q shootg survivors Jam Slgh and Michael Anrson; and a number of platiffs om s that culmated the landmark civil rights se Obergefell vs. Philanthropist and Democratic donor David Boht, who has been an outspoken gay- and transgenr-rights activist and longtime supporter of Bin, told CNN that Tuday’s bill signg uld not e at a more ccial moment. “[Bin] has monstrated his support for s for lbian and gay civil rights, and Tuday’s signg to law is a reaffirmatn of that durg this time when rights are unr asslt, ” Boht said.