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UTC</time></div><div class="article-le-byle" data-activy-map="le-byle-article-top">By <span class="byle-name"><a href=">Sahil Kapur</a></span> and <span class="byle-name">Kyle Stewart</span></div></sectn><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><p class="">WASHINGTON — The Hoe passed legislatn Thursday that would enshre feral protectns for marriag of same-sex and terracial upl.</p><p class="">The vote of 258-169 sends the Rpect for Marriage Act to Print Joe Bin, who praised Congrs for passg the bill and is expected to sign to law. <a href=">The Senate passed the bill</a> last week by a vote of 61-36.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">Democrats were unified favor of the bill, while most Republins both chambers voted agast . Thirty-ne Hoe Republins supported the legislatn Thursday, and one voted prent. </p><p class="">“Your love is your choice,” Hoe Majory Lear Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said on the floor Thursday, sayg there is “no reason” to believe that Republin appote on the Supreme Court won’t want to <a href=" target="_blank">revis precents on LGBTQ rights</a> after havg overturned Roe v. Wa. </p><p class="">“The pursu of happs means you n love whom you choose,” he said, addg: “I am shocked that nservativ that have a libertarian bent believe that somehow we ought to get volved this. It’s not the ernment’s bs.”</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="Rebekah Monson, Andrea Vigil" height="1718" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">Rebekah Monson, left, and Andrea Vigil at a weddg ceremony at the marriage license bure Miami on Jan. 6, 2015.</span><span class="ptn__source">Wiledo Lee / AP file</span></figptn></figure><p class="">The legislatn — led by Sen. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay person elected to the Senate — would ensure that the feral ernment regniz marriag that were validly performed and guarantee full benefs “regardls of the uple’s sex, race, ethnicy, or natnal orig.” It would not, however, require stat to issue marriage licens ntrary to state law.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Hoe Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was prent to gavel down the vote and announce the bill's passage. Loud applse broke out on the Democratic si of the chamber, while a few Republins joed clappg.</p><p class="">The bill was amend rponse to Senate GOP mands. It clarified that relig anizatns wouldn’t be required to perform same-sex marriag and that the ernment would not be forced to protect polygamo marriag.</p><p class="">The revisns meant the Hoe had to vote aga after <a href=">passed an earlier versn</a> July.</p><p class="">Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the first openly gay member of Congrs, attend the vote the Capol.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend" data-ttid="remend-wrapper"></div><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend" data-ttid="remend-wrapper"></div><p class="">“It’s a sign of enormo polil change Ameri,” he said an terview. “And ’s meangful for people. It’s real. It’s not a symbolic gture. I know a lot of married gay and lbian people who have been worried ever sce Clarence Thomas <a href=" target="_blank">said what he said</a>. So this is reassurance to them, as well.”</p><p class="">The legislatn was passed <a href=" target="_blank">amid fears</a> that the nservative Supreme Court majory might revis the right to same-sex marriage after rcd the right to an abortn. It reflects rapidly growg public support for legal same-sex marriage, which h a new high of 71% June, acrdg to<a href="> Gallup trackg polls</a> — up om 27% 1996.</p><sectn class="le-vio le-vio---body"><div class="le-vio__background"><div class="le-vio__player"><div class="vioPlayer styl_vioPlayer__bL8AJ styl_adNotPlayg__Q51_C styl_alignDktopBottom__4cHaO styl_alignMobileBottom__bhgkQ" data-ttid="vio-player"><div class="vioSlate"><a href=" class="allowClicksOnPreview"><picture class=""><source media="(m-width: 1240px)" srcSet="><source media="(m-width: 758px)" srcSet="><img loadg="lazy" src=" height="1080" width="1920"/></picture></a><div class="playButtonOuter absolute absolute-fill w100 dn-prt"><div class="absolute absolute-fill w100 df ems-center ems-center-m jtify-center jtify-center-m"><div class="play le-vio__play-button"><svg class="play--in" xmlns=" viewBox="0 0 15 15" prerveAspectRat="xMidYMid" style="max-width:30px"><path d="M0 0v15l15-7.41z" fill-le="evenodd"></path></svg></div></div></div></div><div id="156676677517"></div></div></div></div><div class="le-vio__"><h2 class="le-vio__tle"><a href=">LGBTQ muny members fear rollback as Hoe vot favor of Rpect for Marriage Act</a></h2><span class="le-vio__tail"><span>Dec. 8, 2022</span><span>02:46</span></span><div class="styl_share__n3Syu le-vio__share dn-prt"><div class="styl_shareExpanr__hVk8d le-vio__share-expanr styl_hoverEffect___Dj4s"><span class="styl_shareDot__9pfRZ le-vio__share-dot"></span><svg class="styl_shareClose__6BZxR le-vio__share-close" viewBox="0 0 15 15"><le class="styl_shareLe__EJUjO" x1="0" x2="15" y1="0" y2="15"></le><le class="styl_shareLe__EJUjO" x1="0" x2="15" y1="15" y2="0"></le></svg></div><div class="styl_shareList___M8wC le-vio__share-list"><a href=" class="styl_shareLk__gSGN3" target="_blank" rel="noopen noreferrer"><span class="in in-facebook styl_shareIn__lVnRm le-vio__share-in"></span></a><a href=" class="styl_shareLk__gSGN3" target="_blank" rel="noopen noreferrer"><span class="in in-twter styl_shareIn__lVnRm le-vio__share-in"></span></a><a href="mailto:?subject=LGBTQ muny members fear rollback as Hoe vot favor of Rpect for Marriage Act& class="styl_shareLk__gSGN3" target="_blank" rel="noopen noreferrer"><span class="in in-email styl_shareIn__lVnRm le-vio__share-in"></span></a></div></div></div></sectn><p class="">“After the uncertaty ed by the Supreme Court’s Dobbs cisn, Congrs has rtored a measure of secury to lns of marriag and fai," Bin said a statement. "They have also provid hope and digny to lns of young people across this untry who n grow up knowg that their ernment will regnize and rpect the fai they build."</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Bin also thanked members of both parti who champned the bill, sayg, "We showed that ’s possible for Democrats and Republins to e together to safeguard our most fundamental rights."</p><p class="">In the Senate, 12 Republins voted wh unanimo Democrats <a href=" target="_blank">to pass the bill</a>, which sent back to the Hoe. The GOP proponents were an eclectic group, cludg retirg Sens. Rob Portman of Oh, Roy Blunt of Missouri and Richard Burr of North Carola; centrist al-makers like Mt Romney of Utah, San Colls of Mae, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carola; a learship member Joni Ernst of Iowa; and nservativ Todd Young of Indiana, Shelley Moore Capo of Wt Virgia, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Cynthia Lummis of Wyomg.</p><p class="">In the Hoe, fewer Republins voted for the bill Thursday than supported the earlier versn. Seven Republins who voted y July opposed Thursday's bill: Cliff Bentz of Oregon; Mar Diaz Balart, Brian Mast and Maria Salazar of Florida; Dan Mser and Stt Perry of Pennsylvania; and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey. Another, Burgs Owens of Utah, voted "prent" Thursday after havg supported the bill July. Two other Republins — Mike Gallagher of Wisns and Jaime Herrera Btler of Washgton — moved the other directn, supportg the bill Thursday after havg voted agast the earlier versn.</p><p class="">Frank, who attend a bill signg ceremony wh Pelosi and Senate Mory Lear Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday, reflected an terview on the bill’s passage, 26 years after the Defense of Marriage Act banned feral regnn of same-sex marriage.</p><p class="endmark">“I was here for the birth of DOMA. 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California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn.

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RPT GAY MARRIAGE BILL HS SNAG U.S. SENATE, NO VOTE UNTIL AFTER ELECTNS

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. * bills on gay marriage *

Y., the first openly gay Ao-Lato member of Congrs, prid over the Rpect for Marriage Act would tablish that a marriage is nsired valid unr feral law if was legal the state where was performed. Supreme Court as hears arguments a major LGBT rights se on whether a feral anti-discrimatn law that prohibs workplace discrimatn on the basis of sex vers gay and transgenr employe Washgton, October 8, 2019. ” 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.

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. This landmark lg was seen as a signifint step forward for the untry, where homosexualy is still crimalised.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

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However, also sparked a wave of homophobic vrl and protts, particularly om anti-LGBTQ+ relig lears and policians, cludg the lg party SWAPO. 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. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Imag) Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U. Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right.

SENATE CLEARS HURDLE TO MOVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL TOWARD FAL PASSAGE

The Senate moved forward a bill that would dify gay marriage after receivg support om both Democrats and Republins. * bills on gay marriage *

Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor. Seventy-ne percent intified as straight, 17 percent as bisexual, 2 percent as gay and 2 percent as lbian.

Baldw, the first openly gay member of the Senate, was a sponsor of the bill. While the measure repeals the Defense of Marriage Act and ensur same-sex marriag n’t be nied by any person “actg unr lor of State law, ” the act also protects church and relig anizatns om beg forced to perform gay weddgs or provi servic for celebratns that go agast their fah’s teachgs. As Yale law profsor William Eskridge, a long-time advote of gay marriage, told me, those wh tradnal attus toward marriage have felt social prsure to move to their own closets regardg their fah-based views.

“I don’t thk people should feel like they n’t exprs their eply held relig beliefs publicly, ” said Eskridge, who is gay and an avowed Prbyterian.

THE HOE PASS A BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE AND RELIG EEDOM. THERE’S HOPE FOR AMERI.

The bill also prohibs stat om nyg out-of-state marriage licens and benefs on the basis of sex, race, ethnicy or natnal the church has a long history of opposg same-sex relatnships – spent $20m tryg to pass proposn 8 California, a 2008 measure which banned same-sex marriage the state – has taken a more relaxed view of same-sex marriage recent 2016, the church said that weled members who intified as LGBTQ+, though reerated s stance that marriage is between a man and a 2019, the church repealed a 2015 le that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and said gay marriage is a s worth expulsn om the church. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay person elected to the Senate — would ensure that the feral ernment regniz marriag that were validly performed and guarantee full benefs “regardls of the uple’s sex, race, ethnicy, or natnal orig. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the first openly gay member of Congrs, attend the vote the Capol.

I know a lot of married gay and lbian people who have been worried ever sce Clarence Thomas said what he said. The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage. As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot.

) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012. It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships.

MORMON CHURCH VOIC SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE

“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative. Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours. Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay change reveals some eper shifts.

Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”. Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg. But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag.

A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. ■For more expert analysis of the biggt stori  Bra, sign up to Blighty, our weekly subscriber-only article appeared the Bra sectn of the prt edn unr the headle "The ti that bd"Bra July 15th 2023The Conservative Party fac a muty MetrolandMany Brons have changed their mds on gay marriageBrish pensn funds agree to vt more private marketsBra’s doctors are on strike, agaWhy the Orkney Islands are nsirg jog NorwayThe strange succs of the Tori’ schools policyFrom the July 15th 2023 ednDisver stori om this sectn and more the list of ntents Explore the edn. Murkowski said that not only do she support upholdg past Supreme Court lgs that protected abortn rights and ntraceptn accs, "I’ve also ma clear my support for, for gay marriage years ago.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Several Republins bshed off Thomas’ opn openg the door to overturng those cisns, tellg NBC News that gay marriage is protected by the Supreme Court and that they don’t believe that right is currently unr threat.

Along wh the grapplg over ernment fundg, Senate Majory Lear Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has vowed to brg a bill makg gay marriage legal natnwi to the floor but acknowledged last month that legislatn may be put on the back burner orr for Democrats to ph through Bin’s judicial nomatns. Wa on June 24 and Jtice Clarence Thomas issued a ncurrg opn qutng precent for upholdg gay marriage. LGBT activists and supporters held a rally outsi the US Supreme Court over a feral anti-discrimatn law that prohibs workplace discrimatn on the basis of sex verg gay and transgenr employe.

GOVERNMENT FUNDG, GAY MARRIAGE AMONG ISSU FACG RETURNG SENATE

Tammy Baldw, the Democratic -sponsor, have lobbied for Republin support and have worked to ensure difyg gay marriage will not affect relig liberty protectns. Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support.

Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights.

BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS GETS ENOUGH VOT TO PASS U.S. HOE

REUTERS/David Dee Delgado Acquire Licensg RightsWASHINGTON, July 19 (Rters) - A bill to protect gay marriage rights secured enough vot to pass the U.

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