Gay marriage protectns one step closer to passage after Senate vote

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• SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL, PAVG PATH FOR PROTECTG SAME SEX UNNS
• AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS
• WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
• GAY MARRIAGE

SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL, PAVG PATH FOR PROTECTG SAME SEX UNNS

Y., a -chair of the Hoe LGBTQ+ Equaly Cc who intifi as gay, said that the challenge to LGBTQ equaly currently is "unprecented" light of the Dobbs cisn. WASHINGTON – Five years after the Supreme Court's landmark cisn extendg marriage rights to gay men and lbians natnwi, same-sex marriage has bee "so not a big al. "That's the asssment of Hillary Goodridge, one of 14 people whose lawsu led Massachetts 2003 to bee the first state to sanctn gay and lbian marriag.

By ntrast, she says, “once you go to a same-sex weddg, ’s hard to fire the person for beg gay the next day. ”The Supreme Court extend workplace protectns natnwi last week for the LGBTQ muny, lg 6-3 that a landmark civil rights law barrg sex discrimatn the workplace appli to gay, lbian and transgenr the urt's majory, led by nservative Associate Jtice Neil Gorsuch, did not close the door on relig exemptns, sayg "other employers other s may raise ee exercise arguments that mer reful nsiratn. "More:Rulg on LGBTQ rights reveals prer nature of Supreme Court's nservative majoryThe urt already is nsirg four major relign s, cludg several wh implitns for gay, lbian and transgenr people.

One of them, to be heard next fall, will ci if foster re agenci wh relig objectns n turn down gay and lbian seekg relig exemptns "are feelg tense public prsure...

AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS

"'The air was electric'The high urt's 5-4 cisn that stat nnot ny marriage rights to gay men and lbians was hand down on June 26 – the same date as earlier landmark LGBTQ lgs agast state sodomy laws 2003 and the feral Defense of Marriage Act 2013. "Lookg back, the victory is equally gratifyg to those like Evan Wolfson, founr of the Freedom to Marry mpaign; Jam Esseks, director of the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr & HIV Project; Roberta Kaplan, who reprented Edie Wdsor of New York the 2013 se that forced the feral ernment to regnize same-sex marriage; and Mary Bonto, the natn's leadg LGBTQ rights lawyer, who won both the Massachetts se 2003 and the Supreme Court se 2015. The cisn left unrolved whether other opponents of same-sex marriage, cludg bakers, florists, photographers and viographers, n refe mercial weddg servic to gay and lbian upl.

Passage of a measure that would protect gay marriage rights natnwi crossed a key thrhold Wednday when the Senate feated a filibter and set the stage for fal approval shortly. Wa, cludg accs to ntraceptn and gay marriage,  an opn that sparked an outcry on the to know about the Rpect for Marriage Act and the new battle for same-sex marriageThomas' opn ncurrg wh the urt's cisn to remove nstutnal protectns for abortn accs prompted the Democratic-led Hoe to pass a marriage equaly bill July, and the Democratic-led Senate to brg a bill to the floor this week. Tammy Baldw, the first openly gay person elected to the Senate.

WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?

WASHINGTON – Print Joe Bin signed historic legislatn Tuday protectg same-sex marriag natnally, markg a major tone the fight for gay rights that follows a seismic change the natn's a ceremony on the South Lawn of the Whe Hoe, Bin signed the Rpect for Marriage Act, makg the law that all stat regnize same-sex and terracial marriag. "More:'We feel more secure': As Rpect for Marriage Act pass, same-sex upl share tentative enthiasmThe ph to dify gay and terracial marriage rights  Congrs me after Associate Jtice Clarence Thomas lled on the Supreme Court to "rensir" other rights tablished by the Supreme Court  the wake of s June lg that Amerins no longer have a right to, a ncurrg opn backg the overturng of Roe v.

Wa, sgled out opns that blocked stat om banng ntraceptn, sex by same-sex upl and gay marriage. More:'We feel more secure': As Rpect for Marriage Act pass, same-sex upl share tentative enthiasmThe legislatn cleared the Hoe last week a 258-169 vote, wh 39 Republins jog all Democrats, and passed the Senate 61-39, wh 12 Republins votg bipartisan vot reflect a rapid sea change views about same-sex marriage, which even many Democrats were reluctant to support a nclud his remarks by potg to more societal challeng ahead: "When a person n be married the morng and thrown out of a rtrant for beg gay the afternoon, this is still wrong, " he said. Barney Frank, one of the first openly gay members of Congrs, ma an appearance on Capol Hill after the passage of the same-sex marriage legislatn.

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Tammy Baldw of Wisns, the first openly gay senator, for her efforts phg the legislatn through the Senate and unrstandg the importance of the troubl same-sex marriage upl face. Mark Takano, D-Calif., the first openly gay member of lor elected to the Hoe said the legislatn is a remr of the necsy for vigilance the fight for human rights. Some Republin lawmakers argued the bill would ge on the rights of church and other fah-based anizatns, which uld be punished for refg to participate or regnize gay unns if the legislatn senators add an amendment to the bill that left room for relig or nscient objectns.

Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay person to serve the Senate, said s passage would allay the ncerns of same-sex and terracial upl worried their civil marriage rights and regnn uld be stripped away. But wh same-sex marriage illegal at the time, the gay uple uld only mark their partnership through those rgs, not wh legal documents.

”Opn:Rpect for Marriage Act is a triumph for fai, eedom – and Amerin activismThe historic law  more than seven years after the Supreme Court led 2015 that gay marriage is a fundamental right of all Amerins.