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US Senate Delay Gay Marriage Support Bill
Posted by Ron
Tuesday, September 20th 2022 @ 10:26:53 AM EST

NBC NEWS: WASHINGTON: The Senate will not vote on legislation to protect same-sex marriage until after the midterm elections, key senators said Thursday, apparently in a bid to give Republicans political space to support the bill without offending their base.+

The leader of the effort, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has been working this month on an amendment to the bill aimed at attracting more Republican votes to overcome a filibuster. "We're very confident that the bill will pass, but we will need a little more time," Baldwin told reporters last week.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Wednesday that the amendment language they were working on would make it very clear that the bill wouldn't legalize polygamous marriages or require churches to perform same-sex marriages. (For the full article, Click Here.)

+When in recent history have the Republicans given their opponents such a break? But let us hope it works as the reactionary US Supreme Court Justices apparently have gay marriage in their cross hairs. -Ron

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