Two key senators the Senate's gay marriage negotiatns Thursday previewed the substance of an amendment they plan to troduce, possibly next week.
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- SENATE CLEARS HURDLE TO MOVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL TOWARD FAL PASSAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE BILL, OTHER MAJOR ISSU S LIMBO AS SENATE RETURNS OM AUGT RECS
- GAY MARRIAGE: WHY SUPREME COURT GOT WRONG
- CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS SUPREME COURT SHOULD RENSIR NTRACEPTN, GAY MARRIAGE LGS
- YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, AMERI, GAY MARRIAGE IS JT THE BEGNG
- SENATORS PREVIEW TAILS OF RELIG RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO GAY MARRIAGE BILL
SENATE CLEARS HURDLE TO MOVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL TOWARD FAL PASSAGE
A third of Hoe Republins voted wh every sgle Democrat to enshre protectns for gay marriage to feral law on Tuday rponse to the Supreme Court's abortn cisn. * fox news on gay marriage *
Congrsnal efforts to pass legislatn protectg gay marriage rights followed a solo Supreme Court opn by Jtice Clarence Thomas June the se Dobbs v. In a 267-157 vote, the Hoe passed legislatn repealg the Defense of Marriage Act and enshrg protectns for gay marriage to feral law.
Associate Jtice Clarence Thomas went a step further by thorg a ncurrg opn that suggted the urt should revis other lgs cludg, gay marriage and accs to ntraceptn. " CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS SUPREME COURT SHOULD RECONSIDER CONTRACEPTION, GAY MARRIAGE RULINGS Associate Jtice Clarence Thomas went a step further by thorg a ncurrg opn that suggted the urt should revis other lgs cludg, gay marriage and accs to ntraceptn. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Toronto, Canada - 25 June 2017: Gay Pri Para spectator holdg small gay rabow flag durg Toronto Pri Para 2017 (iStock)The legislatn now heads to the 50-50 Senate where fac an uncerta fate.
GAY MARRIAGE BILL, OTHER MAJOR ISSU S LIMBO AS SENATE RETURNS OM AUGT RECS
The Senate moved forward a bill that would dify gay marriage after receivg support om both Democrats and Republins. * fox news on gay marriage *
Gay marriage legislatn is one of several major issu up the air for the Senate as returns om s Augt recs Tuday wh midterm electns ls than two months away. The Hoe of Reprentativ passed a bill to dify same-sex marriage rights July after Jtice Clarence Thomas raised qutns about Supreme Court precent on gay marriage an opn this sprg. Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., one of the chief -sponsors of the Senate's gay marriage bill, told PBS Wisns late July she hop a vote will happen "early September.
GAY MARRIAGE: WHY SUPREME COURT GOT WRONG
Lawmakers face gay marrige bill, ernment fundg, Electoral Count Act reform and more fal weeks of ssn before key November midterm electns. * fox news on gay marriage *
Dianne Feste, GOP RE-ELECTION ARM GOES UP WITH NEW ADS IN ARIZONA AND WISCONSIN MIDTERM BATTLEGROUNDSOne Senate GOP ai said there may be some members who support gay marriage legislatn but "who feel burned by the Schumer/Manch al, " and th may bee ls operative wh Democrats. But another Senate Republin ai faiar wh discsns on the gay marriage bill predicted supporters will not have any problem fdg 10 GOP vot for the bill to reach the 60-vote filibter thrhold.
However, the send GOP ai said, that uld be a reason for Schumer to wa until after the general electn before llg a vote to avoid givg vulnerable Republins a chance to vote support of gay marriage legislatn. Associate Supreme Court Jtice Clarence Thomas appeared to raise qutns about the validy of the Supreme Court precent on gay marriage an opn this sprg. San Colls, R-Mae, is one of the origal -sponsors of a bill to dify gay marriage the Senate.
"The Obergefell opn thored by Kennedy aimed to balance the rights of relig people wh those of gay upl, sayg that "[m]any who em same-sex marriage to be wrong reach that ncln based on cent and honorable relig or philosophil premis. "In other words, Obergefell was read to suggt that beg a public official wh tradnal Christian valu was legally tantamount to vid discrimatn toward homosexuals.
CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS SUPREME COURT SHOULD RENSIR NTRACEPTN, GAY MARRIAGE LGS
One do not have to be a homophobe or bigot to believe that the Supreme Court ma a tragic error today creatg out of th air an imagary right for gay marriage. * fox news on gay marriage *
"Thomas add: "This asssment flows directly om Obergefell’s language, which characterized such views as 'disparag[g]' homosexuals and 'dimish[g] their personhood' through '[d]ignary wounds.
FILE -- June 25, 2015: John Becker, 30, of Silver Sprg, Md., wav a rabow flag support of gay marriage outsi the Supreme Court Washgton. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Mart) One do not have to be a homophobe or bigot to believe that the Supreme Court ma a tragic error today creatg out of th air an imagary right for gay marriage.
By enshrg gay marriage as a “civil right, ” the Court will be openg a floodgate of ligatn agast dividuals and bs that refe to honor same-sex marriag bee of relig nvictns.
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, AMERI, GAY MARRIAGE IS JT THE BEGNG
After all, if gay marriage is a civil right, then anyone who oppos is guilty of a civil rights vlatn. We have already seen bakeri, florists, and weddg chapels sued and, some s, put out of bs bee of their refal to participate gay weddg ceremoni.
Addnally, we n expect both civil and ernmental actns agast relig stutns that refe to honor gay marriage as a civil right.
If gay marriage has now been elevated to a civil right on par wh terracial marriage, what ratnale would ernment have for not revokg the tax-exempt stat of any relig anizatn that do not regnize same-sex unns? Anytime you unterfe somethg, you cheapen the value of the real thg, and gay marriage is “unterfe marriage” (In fairns, heterosexuals have also been cheapeng the value of marriage for years through adultery and divorce. Any variatn om that—premaral sex, adultery, polygamy, unbiblil divorce, or homosexualy—is a viatn om God’s origal plan for sex.
SENATORS PREVIEW TAILS OF RELIG RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO GAY MARRIAGE BILL
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Hodg tread the same terrory 2015 to le gay marriage as a nstutnally protected right to speculated that the overturng of Roe would provi a blueprt for revisg years' worth of cisns that he says are "monstrably erroneo. Blow claimed the right was forcg LGBTQ folks to "cultural gay ghettos. "Both lumns exprsed alarm at the nservative movement’s recent efforts to challenge aspects of the LGBTQ agenda, mentng the backlash agast a new Disney/Pixar movie, Florida's "Don’t’ Say Gay" Bill and nservative opposn to drag queen story hour events for children.
”What Wston Churchill said 1942 followg a Brish ary victory North Ai might also be said about Friday’s narrow 5-4 cisn by the Supreme Court legalizg marriage between people of the same the majory threw a bone to relig people, their church and stutns, sayg they uld ntue to preach and teach that homosexual marriage is wrong, will almost certaly be challenged by gay activists and secularists whose goal is to drive relig people, and pecially Christians, out of the public might be a preview of thgs to e occurred last week when the Fairfax County (Va. Given their polil clout and antipathy to Christian doctr, some gay activists are likely to go after the tax-exempt stat of Christian lleg that prohib habatn of unmarried stunts, or openly homosexual on, as well as church that refe to marry them. ”GUY BENSON: I'M CHRISTIAN, CONSERVATIVE AND GAYBenson, 34, is also the polil edor for Wise is a nsultant for the feral ernment, acrdg to the BENSON OPENS UP ABOUT BEING GAY, CONSERVATIVEThe pair met after Benson me out as gay on Fox News' "The Kelly File" 2015, where he'd been promotg his book, "End of Discsn.