Same-sex marriage bill advances one step closer to Senate passage

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Senate on Monday brought a bill to codify same-sex marriage protections one step closer to passage, voting to end debate on an amendment that features religious liberty protections sought by Republicans.

The process wasn’t without hiccups, however.

Senators ultimately voted 61-35 to advance the amendment to the Respect for Marriage Act that includes language related to religious liberty and conscience protections under the Constitution and federal law. It would also continues to prohibit polygamous marriage.

But the voting was held open for almost two-and-a-half hours as senators wrangled over whether additional amendments could come up for a vote and waited on the votes of three Republicans who had earlier this month voted to advance the broader bill. Sixty votes were needed to limit debate.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/same-sex-marriage-bill-advances-one-step-closer-to-senate-passage/ar-AA14FydE

Sam Alito can't be too happy about that.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. This shouldn't be necessary, except for the Subversive 6.

A government of, by, and for the people should inherently respect unions that the people choose to make.

That "equal protection of the laws" thing (14th Amendment) should be adequate protection against a lot of discriminatory goals of the Nat-C, Nazi, GOP gang. It should be sufficient to protect a woman's right to choose an abortion, too, but we've seen that it is not, given the extreme ideology of the Subversive 6.

[DickKessler]

2. Good.

[niyad]

3. sammy should quit wasting oxygen.

[Icanthinkformyself]

4. As a non-believer

may I have the right to be free from religion? Or, must I lie and say I believe horse manure and bullshyt to have the right to say phuck you to someone I don't want to serve? Only in America and it's catering to conservative nuts do we have a non-discrimination law that has, at it's core. the right to discriminate, but only for certain people. WTF do you call that?

[geardaddy]

5. Fuck Sammy boy