Respect for Marriage Act

Schumer’s plan could help turn scores of voters against anti-gay Republicans in November.

“This bill without a religious liberty protection would have massive consequences across our country.”

He went from saying that he wouldn’t oppose the marriage equality bill to accusing it of “opening up a wound.”

NOM, a relic of the past, cites a vote from 2006 as the reason the Senate should reject the LGBTQ rights bill today.

Sen. Lindsey Graham – who supported a constitutional amendment to ban states from recognizing same-sex marriages – said the government should stay out of the marriage business.

But the bill will likely have to wait for September for a vote.

Donald Trump held up a rainbow flag once. For former state Rep. Yvonne Bailey, that was proof enough that the GOP was not a threat to LGBTQ rights.

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) is worried that groups that oppose same-sex marriage “will be challenged on their tax policy and will immediately become a target of this federal government.”

“I just think the timing could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue,” Sen. Susan Collins said.

The Respect for Marriage Act will protect same-sex and interracial marriages. But these conservatives say it will legalize “marriages involving a minor or relative.”

“We love it when they find their one true love, especially when they become a part of our families then. That’s what we’re rooting for,” Rep. Glenn Thompson said.

Mitch McConnell?!?

Rep. Glenn Thompson is “thrilled” to have a new son-in-law but has voted against LGBTQ rights every chance he’s had.

The diminutive senator from Florida got smaller when his response to the marriage equality question facing the United States Senate failed spectacularly… x 4.

If Sen. Marco Rubio has “time to fight against Disney, I don’t know why he wouldn’t have time to help safeguard marriages like mine,” Pete Buttigieg said.

The vote was a nice surprise, but the GOP is every bit as anti-LGBTQ as it’s always been. If anything, it’s getting worse.

Ron Johnson is the fifth GOP senator to break with party orthodoxy in a sign that the bill could pass with bipartisan support.

“You probably would have loved to be on the elevator to see the exchange,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin said.

The Ohio rep claims the Respect for Marriage Act is “the latest installment of the Democrats’ campaign to delegitimize and intimidate the United States Supreme Court.”

Most Congressional Republicans voted against marriage equality yesterday. Here are their names.