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.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
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.
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
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.
SENATE’S APPROVAL OF GAY RIGHTS BILL REFLECTS CHANGG ATTUS
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.