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Congress’s fall to-do list: Passing same-sex marriage bill and avoiding a government shutdown
Congress may have gotten one big agenda item done before leaving for August recess, but a lengthy to-do list awaits lawmakers as they return this w [...]
Republicans have a nonsensical argument against the same-sex marriage bill
Many Senate Republicans, rather than confront the substance of new legislation that would provide federal protections for same-sex marriage, are in [...]
Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Considered Dead on Arrival, Gains New Life
WASHINGTON — It began for Democrats as a messaging vote, an election-year political maneuver to show voters that they were doing everything possible t [...]
Can a same-sex marriage protection bill pass the Senate?
The House on Tuesday easily passed the Respect for Marriage Act — a bill establishing federal protections for same-sex marriage — with 47 Republica [...]
House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill Amid Fears of Court Reversal
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would recognize same-sex marriages at the federal level, as 47 Republicans joined Democrats in su [...]
Does Clarence Thomas’s concurrence in Dobbs herald the end of same-sex marriage and other rights?
In the Supreme Court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito writes that “nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doub [...]
If Roe Falls, Is Same-Sex Marriage Next?
“Roe’s defenders characterize the abortion right as similar to the rights recognized in past decisions involving matters such as intimate sexual relat [...]
Pardons extended to all abolished same-sex crimes
More people, living or dead, will be eligible to have historical convictions wiped from their records.
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Liz Cheney Says She Was ‘Wrong’ to Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, said in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday night that she was “wrong” to oppose same-se [...]
The GOP waves white flag within the same-sex marriage wars
However exterior the constructing, these 265 characters prompted rapid backlash. Not simply from Democrats, who accused her of disingenuousness, h [...]
Supreme Court docket Weighs Legacy of Similar-Intercourse Marriage Case
WASHINGTON — In an argument marked by sharp exchanges on the sweep of its 2015 determination establishing a proper to same-sex marriage, the Suprem [...]
Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary Francesco
Pope Francis for the primary time voiced assist for civil unions for same-sex {couples}, in a documentary that premiered Wednesday.
“Gay individ [...]
Justices Thomas and Alito Query Identical-Intercourse Marriage Precedent
WASHINGTON — Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., who dissented from the Supreme Courtroom’s 2015 determination establishing a constit [...]
G.O.P. Congressman Is Ousted From Proper After Officiating at Similar-Intercourse Marriage ceremony
WASHINGTON — Consultant Denver Riggleman, a freshman Republican from Virginia, misplaced a bitterly contested main race determined in an uncommon d [...]
G.O.P. Congressman Faces Main After Officiating Identical-Intercourse Marriage ceremony
WASHINGTON — Consultant Denver Riggleman, a freshman Republican from Virginia, is going through a main problem that will likely be selected Saturda [...]