12 GOP senators so far have broken with their party to support a bill that would protect same-sex

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marriage. Final passage is expected Tuesday night.

A bill designed to protect same-sex and interracial marriage is set to receive a final vote on Tuesday night after senators agreed to hold votes on three amendments proposed by Republican senators.

So far, 12 Republicans have cast votes in support of advancing the bill, and more could emerge when the final version comes up.

Senators have taken several procedural votes in the last two weeks on the bill, entitled the "Respect for Marriage Act," which was was first passed by the Democratic-controlled House in July amid concerns that the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in June might put marriage equality at risk as well.

In a concurring opinion to the court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which ended 50 years of a constitutional right to an abortion, conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the precedent underpinning same-sex marriage — which was legalized by the Court in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling — should be "reconsidered" as well.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/12-republican-senators-so-far-have-broken-with-their-party-to-support-a-bill-that-would-protect-same-sex-marriage-final-passage-is-expected-tuesday-night/ar-AA14bLNO

[Bucky]

1. Trying to protect those Log Cabin donors

I always wondered what the pitch was from Republican lawmakers. Possibly something like: "Support us and we'll control the crazies" only it seems pretty clear that the tax-cuts-only Republcans have never been able to deliver on that deal.

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4. Are we sure Log Cabin Republicans exist anymore?

[WarGamer]

7. of course... and see Peter Thiel.

[Bucky]

11. Learn the name Justin Wells

He's a gay man who's an important cog in Tucker Carlson's money-from-hate machine.

https://signorile.substack.com/p/the-powerful-gay-man-behind-tucker

[WarGamer]

12. I just read that... startling.

[Bucky]

8. They still got a website

https://logcabin.org/

If you're asking me if there's still wealthy gay men out there who believe in tax cuts and think they can get accommodated into the Republican super-rich lifestyle and never pay a price in their personal lives (and consequently don't give a functional damn about what the politics of gay-bashing on the right does to working class lgbtq Americans), I'd say believe in human nature. There's always a Judas in the flock.

[emulatorloo]

9. Fair enough. Anecdotally the only Log Cabin Republican I know is a Democrat now.

Happily and enthusiastically voted for Hillary. Despises the current iteration of the GOP.

[Freethinker65]

2. But not to protect a woman to decide the contents of her own uterus.

[emulatorloo]

3. We'll have to elect more democrats to get that done.

We can do it!

[WarGamer]

6. I'm not so sure...

The GOP would LOVE to remove abortion as a political football... and NOW is the best time for the GOP to allow a handful of Congress-critters to make it so. They can always blame it on the DEM Congress of 2022.

[WarGamer]

5. It's also time to go for Federal Abortion Law... essentially codifying a Roe-Like law...

I still think the GOP just wants to get the abortion issue out of the polling place.

[Lucinda]

10. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[SoCalDavidS]

13. Technically They Only Voted For Cloture

They could still vote against the bill, on record, although it won't really matter.