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
- POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
RPT GAY MARRIAGE BILL HS SNAG U.S. SENATE, NO VOTE UNTIL AFTER ELECTNS
* update on gay marriage *
Hodg that legalized gay marriage 2015 after ments om Jtice Clarence Thomas suggted same-sex marriage protectn uld be threatened. While this law do not dify same-sex marriage, will protect all legal same-sex unns the event that Obergefell is overturned, spe dividual state bans on gay marriage. 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.
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POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
The Senate took an historic step Tuday, passg legislatn that would enshre same-sex marriage rights to law and grant gay unns feral vote to pass the Rpect for Marriage Act was bipartisan – 61 to 36 – wh a signifint bloc of Republins jog every Democrat approvg the landmark bill. Tammy Baldw, the first openly gay person to serve the Senate, said s passage should allay the ncerns of same-sex and terracial upl worried their civil marriage uld be stripped away.
Senators approved the bill rponse to ncerns the Supreme Court – wh a 6-3 nservative majory – would reverse s 2015 cisn regnizg the legimacy of gay marriage jt as overturned June the Roe v. "A number of Republins argued the bill would trample on the rights of church and other fah-based anizatns which would be punished if they refed to participate or regnize gay unns.
Mike Lee troduced one amendment to mimize threats to relig anizatns and said relig anizatns, schools and small bs would be harmed by the bill which requir stat that do not regnize the legimacy of gay marriage to accept same-sex upl who have legally wedd another state. Chuck SchumerFor Chuck Schumer, today’s vote the Senate to enshre gay marriage is more than jt a legislative victory, ’s a personal triumph as Senate majory lear’s youngt dghter, Allison, married her wife 2018 – a unn that once seemed ironclad but that me to this summer when the U. 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.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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. Same-sex upl Nepal said on Friday they were preparg to register their marriag after the Supreme Court issued a temporary orr clearg the way for gay marriage for the first time the largely nservative untry. As a gay, civilly partnered cleric, I would also like to thank you for drawg attentn to the fact that I am prohibed by law om marryg my partner of 22 years – even a civil ceremony – if I wish to ntue misterg the church I love, and had to give assuranc that our relatnship was wholly celibate before I was first ordaed, three short years people I have spoken to about this had no ia that anyone uld be subject to such arne l this day and age which, as you pot out, provis ample grist to those wh a prient or malevolent tert the liv of others to timidate or threaten those placed this unacceptable and extremely vulnerable posn.
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