Posted on 11/21/2022 9:35:47 AM PST by NeverCheney
The United States Senate voted Wednesday to advance the so-called Respect for Marriage Act.
HR 8404, which passed the House of Representatives in July, “provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages,” repealing provisions that define marriage as between a man and a woman.
The legislation also “repeals and replaces provisions that do not require states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states with provisions that prohibit the denial of full faith and credit or any right or claim relating to out-of-state marriages on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin,” allows “the Department of Justice to bring a civil action,” and “establishes a private right of action for violations.”
Democratic advocates say the legislation promotes equality, but religious leaders strongly warned that it explicitly targets people of faith.
“Make no mistake,” Alliance Defending Freedom President Kristen Waggoner warned, “this bill will be used by officials and activists to punish and ruin those who do not share the government’s view on marriage.”
On Wednesday, HR 8404 received 62 “aye” votes and 37 “no” votes.
Twelve Republicans voted for advancing the legislation: Sens. Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Todd Young of Indiana.
Most of these lawmakers did not respond to requests for comment from The Daily Signal
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annnnnnd; Mormons.. so of course mittens had to vote for it.
How long til Utah votes to recognize polygomy? Then the rest of the states must follow suit.
Exactly. I fired off an angry letter to my "Republican" rep as to why he sold out our state's sovrenity on marriage. He came back with the same B.S. about protecting interracial marriage.
Are we really better off by voting for leftist RINOs who intend to destroy your religion?
Why wouldn’t they just infiltrate that party too?
What’s going on here is crooks are simply running as Rs. They really don’t care about anything but the swindle, so they’ll run as whatever is likely to win so they can get to the business of swindling.
The democratic party has members in congress who identify as democrats, and also members from the republican party who obviously vote like democrats.
Meanwhile, the republican party doesn’t have democrats voting as republicans.
Which means that, the country is headed in the wrong direction, no matter who holds power in Washington.
Yet, the same sick sob’s keep re electing them...
I don’t blame the senators..
I blame the voters
“protecting interracial marriage”
That’s so dumb its scary. They’re not even trying to hide anything anymore. They must think they have won.
Somebody’s going to do it if that’s what a majority of their constituents want.
These senators are amoral. They are headed to oblivion, eventually. None of them will be remembered in the long term.
First off, thank the social justice Scotus that found baloney rights to sodomy and fag marriage.
You gotta’ blame both. The senators fool the gullible voters by spouting off semi-conservative platitudes and then voting in a way that they believe will get them re-elected. And the voters keep allowing themselves to be deceived.
The United States and South Africa were the only two counties over the course of CENTURIES to ban marriage between races. It is one of the weirder things about the United States. Never made sense to me.
None of this is constitutional. Where is marriage defined in the constitution for them to take the power from the states?
Gay people didn’t kill marriage. Straight people killed marriage.
Conservative leaning third parties:
America First
America’s Independent Party
American Party
American Reform Party
Constitution Party
Independent American Party
Jefferson Republican Party
Libertarian Party
Reform Party
Prohibition Party
Take your pick.
Hell cannot be made too hot for the homecoming of these RINOtraitors.
I did not know that. That is weird.
What’s Joni Ernst of Iowa doing on this vile list? She at least used to be a MAGA Republican!!!!
I'm ashamed to admit two of those vile creatures are my Senators. Thankfully, Burr is gone. Tillis should be next shown the door.
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