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.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- THE NEW GAY MARRIAGE BILL
- RPT GAY MARRIAGE BILL HS SNAG U.S. SENATE, NO VOTE UNTIL AFTER ELECTNS
GAY MARRIAGE
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. * gay marriage bill *
The Rpect for Marriage Act, as is lled, won Senate approval last legislatn won the support of LGBT advot as well as a number of relig anizatns and enti cludg the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, though many Amerin relig nservativ still oppose gay marriage as unter to biblil is narrowly wrten to act as a limed backstop for the 2015 Supreme Court cisn that legalized same-sex marriage natnwi, known as Obergefell v.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * gay marriage bill *
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 bill, which passed the Democratic-ntrolled chamber by a vote of 267-157 wh support om 47 Republins, tablish feral protectns for gay marriage and prohibs anyone om nyg the validy of a marriage based on the race or sex of the will now go to the Senate for a vote, where fac unclear odds the evenly divid chamber. Wa a ncurrg opn, Jtice Clarence Thomas said the urt should also rensir s past lgs that guaranteed accs to ntraceptn and the 2015 right to gay marriage, bee they relied on the same legal arguments as Roe.
Republin Senator Ted Cz said on Saturday that the high urt was "clearly wrong" tablishg a feral right to gay marriage.
THE NEW GAY MARRIAGE BILL
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn. * gay marriage bill *
Democrats have argued that Congrs mt enshre the right to gay marriage to feral law se the urt reviss s past lgs. "The rights and eedoms that we have e to cherish will vanish to a cloud of radil iology and dub legal reasong, " Nadler said a statement on the Hoe bill, stat uld still rtrict gay marriage if the Supreme Court overturns s prr lg.
RPT GAY MARRIAGE BILL HS SNAG U.S. SENATE, NO VOTE UNTIL AFTER ELECTNS
“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.