The U.S. Senate is likely to lay a vote on protectg gay marriage until September, as Democrats ph forward wh a $430 billn climate change and dg pricg bill, which uld st them Republin support for the marriage measure, ais and advot said on Monday.
Contents:
- U.S. SENATE LIKELY TO LAY BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE UNTIL SEPTEMBER
- HOW CONGRS ACHIEVED A HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH ON GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY RIGHTS ARE ON THE MIDTERM BALLOT AFTER CLARENCE THOMAS OPN, SAYS NEW GLAAD AD
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- 47 HOE REPUBLINS VOTED FOR GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS. YOUR TURN, SENATE GOP.
U.S. SENATE LIKELY TO LAY BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE UNTIL SEPTEMBER
Senate is likely to lay a vote on protectg gay marriage until September, as Democrats ph forward wh a $430 billn climate change and dg pricg bill, which uld st them Republin support for the marriage measure, ais and advot said on Monday. Democratic Senator Tammy Baldw, the chamber's first openly gay member who has been workg to shepherd the Rpect for Marriage Act forward, now expects the bill to e to the floor after lawmakers return om a weeks-long Augt recs.
The bill's backers plan to e the recs to nsir adjtg some of s language to lure more Republin the Senate spl 50-50, and Democrats charge thanks to Vice Print Kamala Harris's tie-breakg vote, the legislatn would need support om at least 10 Republins to marriage was once a hot-button issue Ameri's culture wars that Republins vehemently wh the public now solidly behd gay marriage and the ntrol of Congrs play the Nov. Hoeholds wh same-sex Supreme Court had jt overturned s own lgs on abortn rights, and nservative Jtice Clarence Thomas openly med his ncurrg opn whether the urt's landmark 2015 cisn on gay marriage -- which he said was based on "legal fictn" -- should be next. Tammy Baldw, the first openly gay senator and a longtime LGBTQ rights the Hoe ph through a party-le gay rights bill to send a polil msage ahead of the midterm electns?
HOW CONGRS ACHIEVED A HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH ON GAY MARRIAGE
"This is the first signifint promise between gay rights groups and relig liberty groups, " said Layck, a profsor of nstutnal law at the Universy of Virgia.
Baldw and Sema along wh three Republins: San Colls of Mae, who was known to cross party l; Rob Portman of Oh, who a ago changed his md on same-sex marriage after learng his son was gay; and Thom Tillis of North Carola, who had backed this year's bipartisan package on gun safety. Mike Lee of Utah and Jam Lankford of Oklahoma, who ntend would set a natnal policy on gay marriage that uniquely expos church and anizatns to after the Church of J Christ and several relig liberty scholars publicly signed on, the dozen Senate Republins joed support and guaranteed s the end, both LGBTQ rights groups and relig eedom advot claimed victory -- an achievement Sema noted at a news nference celebratg the bill's passage the Senate.
GAY RIGHTS ARE ON THE MIDTERM BALLOT AFTER CLARENCE THOMAS OPN, SAYS NEW GLAAD AD
Moss is the lead sponsor of SB 4 and the only openly gay member of the Senate. It’s important for all fai, ” Kent and Diego, a gay married uple wh two children, say the new ad produced by GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocy group.
The cisn also threatened gay rights, which a ncurrg opn by nservative Jtice Clarence Thomas ma clear.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later.
47 HOE REPUBLINS VOTED FOR GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS. YOUR TURN, SENATE GOP.
Mark Takano, D-Calif., the first openly gay person of lor Congrs. 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. 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.