Senate GOP support for same-sex marriage
bill could deny Democrats a wedge issue
Posted By: Happy Place USA, 7/21/2022 8:39:17 AM
Senate Republicans may yet sink House-passed legislation that would essentially codify federal same-sex marriage rights granted by the Supreme Court in 2015. But that was far from certain Wednesday as the Senate began informally considering the Respect for Marriage Act, which cleared the House 24 hours earlier with unanimous Democratic support and 47 out of 204 available Republican votes. There immediately appeared to be four GOP votes for the bill, while several other Senate Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, were noncommittal.
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Did Joe Biden just announce he has cancer?
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About 20 chairs were laid out for Joe’s big speech… but he totally got 81 million votes in 2020.Biden struggled to read the teleprompter during his garbled speech and at one point it appeared he announced he has cancer.
“And my mother drove us and rather than us being able to walk, and guess what?
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If this is the angle the GOP is playing, it's a mistake. November's elections are going to be about the economy, not gay marriage. And the last thing we need is to be caving to the left on social issues. Stand for something, Republicans, show a spine.