Bipartisan Gay-Marriage Vote Marks a Breakthrough - The Washgton Post

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• RPT GAY MARRIAGE BILL HS SNAG U.S. SENATE, NO VOTE UNTIL AFTER ELECTNS
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• THE ARE THE REPUBLIN SENATORS WHO WILL VOTE TO CODIFY GAY MARRIAGE AS A RIGHT
• THE HOE WILL VOTE ON LEGISLATN PROTECTG MARRIAGE EQUALY AFTER CLARENCE THOMAS SAID THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD 'RENSIR' GAY MARRIAGE CISN
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• BIPARTISAN GAY-MARRIAGE VOTE MARKS A BREAKTHROUGH
• WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO
• HOW CONGRS ACHIEVED A HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH ON GAY MARRIAGE
• BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS GETS ENOUGH VOT TO PASS U.S. HOE
• REPUBLINS MT INSIST GAY MARRIAGE BILL LEAVE ROOM FOR RELIG FREEDOM | OPN
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

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

Liz Cheney of Wyomg -- a break om her past stance on the issue, which publicly put her at odds wh her parents and sister, who is gay. ”The legislatn me about after the nservative Supreme Court majory overturned the nstutnal right to an abortn, sparkg fears that the jtic may also revis liberal urt precents that enshre marriage rights for gay and terracial bill would require the feral ernment to regnize marriag that were valid a state when they were performed. 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.

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

Philanthropist and Democratic donor David Boht, who has been an outspoken gay- and transgenr-rights activist and longtime supporter of Bin, told CNN that Tuday’s bill signg uld not e at a more ccial moment. “[Bin] has monstrated his support for s for lbian and gay civil rights, and Tuday’s signg to law is a reaffirmatn of that durg this time when rights are unr asslt, ” Boht said. “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.

THE ARE THE REPUBLIN SENATORS WHO WILL VOTE TO CODIFY GAY MARRIAGE AS A RIGHT

Several GOP senators have also lled the 2015 Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage “wrongly” marriage is broadly popular wh the Amerin people. Last month, Gallup found that a rerd high of 71% of Amerins support , cludg a majory of are the nam of every Republin reprentative who opposed feral protectns for gay marriage:Robert Arholt (Ala.

Nightclub his state, which five people were killed, unrsred the importance of fendg the rights of gay Amerins. Lee tried and failed to attach chang to the bill that he said would more strongly protect relig Colls phed back, notg that the bill had received strong backg om fah-based groups, cludg the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which historilly has aggrsively opposed gay rights. 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.

THE HOE WILL VOTE ON LEGISLATN PROTECTG MARRIAGE EQUALY AFTER CLARENCE THOMAS SAID THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD 'RENSIR' GAY MARRIAGE CISN

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.

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. Clarence Thomas: Court Should Rensir Gay Marriage, Birth Control Decisns Next After Overturng Roe (Forb). After days of passnate bate, liberatn, and prayer—and years of tensn—the Uned Methodist Church (UMC) voted Tuday to mata s tradnal stance agast same-sex marriage and non-celibate gay clergy, bolstered by a growg nservative ntgent om Ai.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

The Tradnal Plan prerv existg UMC posns and adds further acuntabily measur for those who vlate them by performg same-sex ceremoni or ordag gay clergy. Though Methodist views have shifted, Pew reported that they are still ls likely than male Prottants overall to say homosexualy should be accepted (60% of Methodists vs.

The One Church Plan, backed by the UMC’s bishops, would have allowed dividual pastors, church, and regnal bodi to follow their own nscience on the issu of homosexual marriage and ordatn.

BIPARTISAN GAY-MARRIAGE VOTE MARKS A BREAKTHROUGH

Siarly, the Queer Clergy Cc’s “Simple Plan” was also feated, though the discsn brought passnate ttimony om gay legat at the nference. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years 2020, Nevada beme the first state to ensure the right to same-sex marriage s state nstutn. “Log Cab Republins thanks the forward-thkg members for votg to settle this issue once and for all and move the Republin Party le not jt wh the vast majory of the untry, but wh the majory of s own voters, ” the nservative gay advocy group said a statement Tuday.

WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO

Nohels, the Hoe’s move to provi feral regnn of gay marriag — wh the support of 47 Republins — is a breakthrough worth celebratg.

In addn to validatg the untry’s progrs on gay rights, the vote signals that lawmakers may fally be embracg their rponsibily to tackle social issu through the legislative procs, rather than leavg the task to the urts. Congrs prevly addrsed the issue of gay marriage 1996, when passed the Defense of Marriage Act, which former Print Bill Clton signed to law. The Supreme Court subsequently overled DOMA, requirg stat to regnize gay marriag sanctned other stat and clarg gay upl eligible for the same feral benefs as straight people.

HOW CONGRS ACHIEVED A HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH ON GAY MARRIAGE

Th, DOMA uld have been restated if the nservative high urt opted to overturn s prr gay marriage, after the urt’s cisn last month Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizatn strikg down abortn rights, progrsive activists warned that other urt cisns verg sodomy laws, gay marriage and ntraceptn uld be next for repeal.

On gay marriage, however, nearly one-quarter of the Hoe Republin nference voted favor, and there’s a realistic prospect of fdg the 10 Republins necsary to produce the 60 vot to guarantee Senate current levels of partisanship Washgton, this is a signifint achievement, particularly an electn year. The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 unnstutnal. The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock.

Jefey Warren, a young gay legate om the Upper New York Conference, told fellow nference atten on Monday that he evangeliz on his llege mp — and that he has succs reachg people for an important reason. "You will be puttg a vis to the Amerin church that will make very sick, and will be sick quickly, " Berl said, addg that however 's tend, the Tradnal Plan will be perceived as an overt act agast gay church members and others. " "When that is the msage — when gay persons bee nvced I don't love them bee I don't ndone their behavr, hurts my relatnships wh them, " Nicklas said.

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

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. In a robt but lopsid bate, Democrats argued tensely favor of enshrg marriage equaly feral law, while Republins steered clear of openly rejectg gay marriage.

Portman first dited his support for same-sex marriage 2013 after his son me out to the Oh Republin as gay. In a 2014 bate for his first Senate n, Tillis, who was at the time servg as North Carola’s Hoe speaker, said he would “formally fend” the state’s gay marriage ban. More than a ago, Burr voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, although he prevly voiced opposn to gay marriage.

Murkowski has long voiced support for same-sex marriage, argug a 2013 op-ed that the ernment should stay out of cizens’ private liv and not prohib gay marriag. They were lobbied by their lleagu, by proment gay donors and operativ their party, and by relig groups who secured stronger relig liberty Jiang/The New York TimSenator Roy Blunt of MissouriOne of only two Republins learship to vote for the bill, Mr. Burr voted to repeal the policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” which barred openly gay and bisexual people om servg the ary, llg the policy “outdated.

REPUBLINS MT INSIST GAY MARRIAGE BILL LEAVE ROOM FOR RELIG FREEDOM | OPN

Romney me out favor of the legislatn after the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which historilly has been opposed to gay rights, gave s support to the Huang for The New York TimSenator Thom Tillis of North CarolaMr. But a sign of the tim, the Mormon church, which had prevly spent lns of dollars opposn to gay marriage legislatn at the state level, me out support of the measure on Tuday.

“Nothg the bill adds new protectns for gay marriage, but do, my view, create great uncertaty about relig liberty and stutns who oppose gay marriage, ” tweeted GOP 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.

I know a lot of married gay and lbian people who have been worried ever sce Clarence Thomas said what he said. 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.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

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? "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.