Senate Democrats aim to pass bill recognizing same-sex marriage

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 Senate Democrats aim to pass bill recognizing same-sex marriage
by Alexander Bolton - 07/20/22 11:52 AM ET

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday he is working to build support for a House-passed bill recognizing same-sex marriage on the federal level so that it can be approved by the Senate.

The legislation would need 10 GOP votes to overcome a filibuster assuming all of the Senate’s 50 Democrats back it, but hopes for passage have been lifted after 47 Republicans in the House backed the bill.   

“The legislation is so important,” said Schumer, who has spoken with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), a sponsor of the Senate companion bill to see if it has enough GOP support to pass the Senate. 

“She is talking to Republicans to see where the support is. I want to bring this bill to the floor, and we’re working to get the necessary Senate Republican support to ensure it would pass,” Schumer said. 

Republican Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) are co-sponsors of the Senate bill. 

Portman said Republican views of same-sex marriage are changing and predicted there is “a possibility” the bill could get 10 Republican votes to overcome a filibuster. 

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3567389-senate-democrats-aim-to-pass-bill-recognizing-same-sex-marriage/

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   They'll find 10 rinos to pass this wet dream and like obummercare it will never be decodified.   
   Slippery Slope we've been on.

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The 47 republicants in the house deserve a tight 13 wrap necklace or blindfolded lead poisoning. Let's see what the count is for senate treacherous traitors. I'm sure the usual 3 or 4 will at least.

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Here are the key Senate Republican votes on legislation to protect gay marriage

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 07/21/22 9:27 AM ET

Senate Republicans are keeping their distance from a House-passed bill to protect same-sex marriage, even though polls show a majority of Republicans support it and the measure passed overwhelmingly in the lower chamber with 47 House GOP votes.

So far only three Senate Republicans say they will support the measure and a fourth, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), says she supports marriage equality generally but needs to look at the legislation more closely. 

“I have long made known public my support for marriage equality,” she said, explaining that she hasn’t had a chance to review the bill closely.

The three Republicans who say they will back the measure are the bill’s sponsors, Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Rob Portman (Ohio), and Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), who told reporters he “probably will” vote for it. 

There’s also a group of eight to 10 Republicans who are potential yeses. 

But two GOP senators initially seen as possible supporters of the legislation, Sens. John Cornyn (Texas) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), said Wednesday they would not vote for it.

Cornyn dismissed the legislation as a political stunt by Democrats trying to divert attention from inflation, and Graham said he wants to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.   

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3568672-here-are-the-key-senate-republican-votes-on-legislation-to-protect-gay-marriage/

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Perhaps we should consider the Constitutional provisions which permit this law, and obvious state issue?

Seems to parallel Dobbs' decision that the federal government has no authority in matters like this.