Democrats will put the Bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act, up for a Vote this week, just days after the Midterms.
Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), intended to pass the Respect for Marriage Act by year’s end, and that it was expected to have enough Votes. This Legislation, which has already passed the House of Representatives with 47 Republicans joining Democrats, would Federalize Same-Sex Marriage recognition and protection, if the Supreme Court Reverses itself on same Sex Marriage Rights.
The latest Version of the Bill, clarifies Religious Liberties and includes Language that Reaffirms the Bill does Not Validate Polygamy, which some Republican Members had expressed concerns about.
Democrats postponed the Vote to keep Midterm Politics out of Sensitive Negotiations, but bringing it up this week means it could still play a role in the Georgia Senate Runoff on December 6th, between Senator Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R).
Even as LGBT issues have become a Major focus of Republican Campaigns this cycle, with ads featuring Attacks on Transgender Youth in Sports, Gender-affirming Care for Minors, and discussions of Orientation and Gender Identity in Schools, Marriage Equality has all but fallen off the radar. Gallup found 71% of Respondents Nationally supported Same-Sex Marriage in June, a new high. A Human Rights Campaign Poll of Same Sex marriage released in September, found that 60% of Voters in Georgia support Marriage Equality.
Walker expressed his Opposition to Gay Marriage in 2010, and has demeaned Transgender People at Political Events. He has avoided Direct Answers to questions more recently posed to him about his views on Same Sex Marriage, saying it’s Not a Focus of his Campaign. His son Christian Walker, a popular Conservative Social Media figure, who has Criticized his father over his Personal Scandals, talks openly about his Attraction to men, but does Not use the term “gay” to describe his Orientation.
The Bill is designed to address Anxiety in the LGBT Community about Constitutional Protections for Marriage, after Supreme Court Clarence Thomas wrote in his Concurrence ending Abortion Rights, that Same-Sex Marriage and Contraception may also be Rights to Review.
Republican Critics of the Bill, have largely argued it is Unnecessary, because they do Not believe the Supreme Court would Revisit Marriage Equality. “That bill’s not important. It’s a waste of our time on a non-issue,” Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) told Business Insider’s Bryan Metzger in July. Rubio was recently Reelected by a margin of, currently 57.7%.
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