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Contents:
- HOE PASS BILL PROTECTG GAY AND TERRACIAL MARRIAGE, SENDS TO BIN FOR SIGNATURE
- CONGRS VOT TO DIFY GAY, TERRACIAL MARRIAGE, OH'S PORTMAN -SPONSORG SENATE BILL
- HOE PASS BILL TO DIFY GAY MARRIAGE OVER REPUBLIN OBJECTNS LED BY OH’S JIM JORDAN
- EXPLAINER: CONGRS IS ACTG ON GAY, INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
HOE PASS BILL PROTECTG GAY AND TERRACIAL MARRIAGE, SENDS TO BIN FOR SIGNATURE
CHICAGO (AP) — Legislatn that ensur same-sex and terracial marriag are regnized as legal unns appears head for fal approval and Print Joe Bin's signature, a bipartisan agreement that reflects a wir acceptance of gay rights both Congrs and the untry. * gay interracial marriage bill *
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CONGRS VOT TO DIFY GAY, TERRACIAL MARRIAGE, OH'S PORTMAN -SPONSORG SENATE BILL
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. In 1996, then-Senator Joe Bin backed the Defense of Marriage Act banng feral regnn of relatnships between gays and lbians.
San Colls (R-Mae), who helped lead the charge to end the ary’s ban on gay and lbian members 2010. Wa, wrten by Jtice Samuel Alo, acced dissentg jtic of tryg to “stoke unfound fear that our cisn will imperil” lgs that legalized the e of ntraceptiv, as well as gay and terracial marriage.
HOE PASS BILL TO DIFY GAY MARRIAGE OVER REPUBLIN OBJECTNS LED BY OH’S JIM JORDAN
Gay marriage don’t offend me nearly as much as offendg feralism do through this legislatn. ), who attend his son’s gay weddg July jt days after votg agast the earlier versn of the bill, said he would vote “no” aga over relig liberti ncerns, spe releasg a statement that he was “very happy to wele” his “new son--law” to his own fay.
EXPLAINER: CONGRS IS ACTG ON GAY, INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Senate.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
”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.
Tammy Baldw of Wisns, one of the bill’s sponsors and the first openly gay senator, said the langage of the bill “leav tact relig liberti supported our Constutn and feral law. Portman changed his stance on same-sex marriage after his son me out as gay, and a spokwoman said he plans to -sponsor the Senate's bill.