Photo by Chip Somovilla/Getty Imag WASHINGTON -- The Senate has approved a bill outlawg workplace discrimatn agast gay, bisexual and transgenr Amerins. The vote reflected the natn's rapidly evolvg attu toward gay rights nearly two s after Congrs rejected same-sex marriage. The fal tally was 64-32. Dpe the bipartisan vote, the measure's chanc the Hoe are dim. Speaker John Boehner lls the shots, and he oppos the bill. Gay rights advot hailed Senate passage
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- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
- SENATE’S APPROVAL OF GAY RIGHTS BILL REFLECTS CHANGG ATTUS
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Senate. ”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. 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.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
Other precents, cludg the urt’s 2015 cisn regnizg gay marriage, sudnly seemed at risk as well, Schumer said. Mark Takano, D-Calif., the first openly gay person of lor Congrs.
Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. 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. [00:28] SCOTUS Ethics Bill[18:30] Gay Rights Rulg [34:40] Extreme WeatherSubscribe to our feed on Spotify: to our YouTube channel: to our Substack: The Branch on Instagram: The Branch on TikTok: The Branch on Twter: Branch webse: Debate is also available on the followg platforms: Apple: Stcher: Mic:.
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‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
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.
It was the send time the Democratic-led Hoe had passed the measure, known as the Equaly Act, which seeks to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to add explic bans on discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people both public and private spac. People n be discrimated agast bee of who they are, or who they love, ” said Reprentative David Cicille, an openly gay Democrat om Rho Island and the lead sponsor.
SENATE’S APPROVAL OF GAY RIGHTS BILL REFLECTS CHANGG ATTUS
Several Republins assailed the Equaly Act as dangero, leadg one top Democrat, Reprentative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, to acce them of believg that gay and transgenr people “are morally ferr, and that firg should be permted.
Maloney, the openly gay chairman of Hoe Democrats’ mpaign arm. ”In a landmark cisn June, the Supreme Court led that the 1964 civil rights law protects gay and transgenr people om workplace discrimatn, and that the language of the law, which prohibs discrimatn on the basis of sex, also appli to discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty.