San Colls, Thom Tillis Confint About Gay Marriage Bill After Midterms

Contents:

• SAN COLLS' GAY MARRIAGE STANCE REMAS UNCHANGED
• SAN COLLS ENDORSED BY MAJOR GAY RIGHTS GROUP, DPE NOT BACKG MARRIAGE EQUALY (UPDATE)
• SAN COLLS, THOM TILLIS CONFINT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE BILL AFTER MIDTERMS
• SAN COLLS SIGNALS MANCH-SCHUMER DEAL COULD THWART GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• SAN COLLS IS THE 4TH, AND LEAST-SURPRISG, GOP SENATOR TO E OUT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• SAN COLLS FAC CRICISM FOR KAVANGH VOTE AFTER HIS DISSENT SUPREME COURT LG PROTECTG GAY, TRANSGENR WORKERS

SAN COLLS' GAY MARRIAGE STANCE REMAS UNCHANGED

That don’t make any easier for gay upl to hear Colls’ latt gripe about this breach of polil etiquette. San Colls (R-Mae) may be the next senator to announce her support for gay marriage. She noted that she voted twice, 2004 and 2006, agast feral nstutnal amendments to ban gay marriage bee, "I believe should be left up to the stat.

SAN COLLS ENDORSED BY MAJOR GAY RIGHTS GROUP, DPE NOT BACKG MARRIAGE EQUALY (UPDATE)

"She cled to elaborate on her own personal views about gay marriage, stead reeratg that the matter should be left up to stat to Mark Kirk (R-Ill.

SAN COLLS, THOM TILLIS CONFINT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE BILL AFTER MIDTERMS

Olympia Snowe (R-Mae), Colls' longtime lleague, announced Friday that she supports gay marriage, spe a long history of stayg quiet on her posn while Democrats, meanwhile, are lg up to announce their support on the issue ahead of the Supreme Court's lg on the nstutnaly of the Defense of Marriage You GoBt Protter Signs At SCOTUS RalliPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Some Republins who supported the bill, cludg Lummis, said they did so while personally disagreeg wh gay marriage.

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San Colls' (R-Mae) reelectn Wednday, cidg to back the morate Republin spe the fact that she has not yet publicly e out favor of marriage equaly -- and fac a Democratic opponent who supports full equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals.

SAN COLLS SIGNALS MANCH-SCHUMER DEAL COULD THWART GAY MARRIAGE BILL

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Colls told HuffPost Thursday she fac an uphill battle to nvce Republins to sign on to the gay marriage bill after Democrats a day earlier revived a sweepg spendg package that was prevly abandoned. Mae Senator San Colls says a bill to protect gay marriage is peril after Democrats revived a ntroversial spendg plan.

SAN COLLS IS THE 4TH, AND LEAST-SURPRISG, GOP SENATOR TO E OUT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Now, she said, 's ls likely enough Senate Republins will support the gay marriage bill to overe the chamber's 60-vote thrhold to advance legislatn. HuffPost adds that "Colls warned that the manner which that victory was secured, where appeared Democrats kept Manch and Schumer’s negotiatns unr wraps until a separate bipartisan puter chip productn centive bill was passed by the Senate, hurt the effort to gather support among Republins to brg the gay marriage bill to the floor.

"Gay people shouldn't have rights bee Democrats raised tax on billnair, " said another, appearg to mock Colls. "Sorry gays, Democrats raised tax on the rich so we might have to doom your marriag, " sarstilly tweeted Mississippi Free Prs journalist Ashton Ptman.

SAN COLLS FAC CRICISM FOR KAVANGH VOTE AFTER HIS DISSENT SUPREME COURT LG PROTECTG GAY, TRANSGENR WORKERS

"Republins are so mad that Democrats are fundg clean energy & rcg flatn they are gog to (1) refe to protect gay marriage (2) refe to fund sperate help for wound veterans (3) try to block vtment technology to protect US om Cha. In the fall, Colls is facg Democratic challenger Shenna Bellows, a former ACLU Mae executive director who was stmental Mae's succsful 2012 referendum to legalize gay marriage. So that sense, 's a big al, ensurg that there will be a solid Senate majory favor of gay marriage no matter which party ntrols the upper chamber next unlike wh, say, Portman, her endorsement n't be much of a surprise to anyone.

) sponsored the bill that end the ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay service members. Tammy Baldw of Wisns, who is the first openly gay member of the Senate, to negotiate language on relig liberti protectns orr to pick up enough Republin support to get around a filibter. San Colls on Wednday announced her support for gay marriage for the first time after gettg an endorsement om the natn’s largt LGBT advocy anizatn her bid for reelectn.

Colls jos three other GOP senators who have said they support gay marriage: Illois’ Mark Kirk, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Oh’s Rob Portman. ( Also on POLITICO: Court: Utah gay marriage ban unnstutnal).