— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 2, 2022
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide.
The bill, which would ensure that same-sex and interracial marriages are enshrined in federal law, was approved 61-36 on Tuesday, including support from 12 Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the legislation was “a long time coming” and part of America’s “difficult but inexorable march towards greater equality.”
Democrats are moving quickly, while the party still holds the majority in both chambers of Congress. The legislation now moves to the House for a final vote, likely next week.
This issue got hotter when both the Christian Taliban wing of the Supremes overturned Roe and when one clown in the Senate said, in efect, that he was down with states banning interracial marriages.
While twelve Rpepublican seators were able to find some inner core of humanity, thirty-six of them hewed to the desires of the Christian Taliban wing of their party and voted against the bill. It would seem that the pro-sanctity-of-marriage crowd only likes marriages that meet their moral standards.
I am not celebrating yet. Let it be for real, and then i will believe it.
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