Posted on 11/29/2022 8:49:36 PM PST by RandFan
Twelve Senate Republicans on Tuesday supported final approval of a bill securing federal protections for same-sex marriage, allowing it to surpass the 60-vote threshold needed for passage.
The Republicans in the upper chamber who backed the bill were:
Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Thom Tillis (N.C.), Mitt Romney (Utah), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Joni Ernst (Iowa) and Todd Young (Ind.).
The GOP senators’ support came as no surprise since they all supported advancing the legislation in a series of recent votes, and Tuesday’s 61-36 vote now sends the legislation back to the House, which previously passed a similar version.
Three of the bill’s Republican supporters — Collins, Portman and Tillis — served as lead negotiators.
The five-member group, which also included Democratic Sens. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), had punted the legislation until after the midterm elections to improve its chances of passing, also adding provisions to alleviate some Republicans’ religious liberty concerns.
Some Republicans who supported the bill, including Lummis, said they did so while personally disagreeing with gay marriage.
“Wyoming is the Equality State, and while I firmly believe marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman, I respect that others hold different beliefs,” Lummis said in a statement, citing her state’s constitution.
Romney, who earlier this fall was still undecided on the bill, similarly voiced approval after the Mormon church announced it supported the legislation. Romney is a longtime active member of the church.
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Oh, wait. Senators are simply glorified Representatives
since the passage of the 17th Amendment.
Never mind.
2 Peter 3:8-10: “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Thom Tillis (N.C.), Mitt Romney (Utah), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Joni Ernst (Iowa) and Todd Young (Ind.).
12 more Rinos revealed.
They can’t legislate away inalienable rights, such as freedom of religion, which is exactly what they’re trying to do
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Revokes freedom of religion.
It’s even worse than that.
This also
revokes freedom of speach,
and outlaws Christianity
and establishes a state religion
of secular humanism imho.
4 birds with one weasel stone.
Retiring Roy Blunt (Mo.) showing his disdain for the conservative Christian people who voted for him all those years.
Then a lot of people are going to jail. Hopefully taking it to the Supreme Court and striking it down.
Look at what these “four republicans” are leaving as their Legacy.
I hope they never have a good night’s sleep.
MARRIAGE SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF...TAKEN OUT OF ANY GOVERNMENT.
THE “GOVERNMENT” SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED WITH ANY OF IT.
There is no morality in gov. Marriage requires morality.
End of discussion
Had the bill been solely same-sex marriage, it might not have passed. But interracial is slam dunk okay.
We’ll continue to vote and pretend it matters.
As demonstrated, the GOP is more than willing to eviscerate rights when the alternative is an angry media.
I hope the law is promptly challenged in court. Much of it should fall.
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