{"id":1562403,"date":"2022-07-20T08:05:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562403"},"modified":"2022-07-20T08:19:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:19:34","slug":"house-passes-pro-gay-marriage-bill-with-47-republicans-voting-in-favor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-pro-gay-marriage-bill-with-47-republicans-voting-in-favor\/","title":{"rendered":"House Passes Pro-Gay Marriage Bill With 47 Republicans Voting in Favor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-pro-gay-marriage-bill-with-47-republicans-voting-in-favor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A fascinating vote, although not as fascinating as the vote will be if the Senate ends up considering this bill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: House votes to protect same-sex marriage in case the Supreme Court rescinds it<\/p>\n<p>The Respect For Marriage Act passed by a vote of was 267-157, with 47 Republicans supporting it.<\/p>\n<p>w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleAlexStewart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KyleAlexStewart<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pz2sdOwnGf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/pz2sdOwnGf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1549515035436777476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 47 Republicans who voted yes include nine of the 10 who voted to impeach Trump (as well as Elise Stefanik, Liz Cheney\u2019s replacement in the House leadership). The lone exception: Jaime Herrera Beutler, who\u2019s locked in a tough primary fight in Washington.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex marriage gets 47 GOP yes votes. Here are the 39 I counted: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2N5YvLOlHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/2N5YvLOlHc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1549514801994469381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/billsthisweek\/20220718\/BILLS-117HR8404IH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here\u2019s the text<\/a> of the \u201cRespect for Marriage Act\u201d (RFMA), which will take you all of 30 seconds to read. It doesn\u2019t create any federal right of gay marriage. Rather, it repeals the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act signed by Bill Clinton and requires states to give full faith and credit to any lawful marriage performed in another state. So if SCOTUS ends up overturning the Obergefell case that recognized a constitutional right of gays to marry, gay couples from red states could get married in blue ones and then demand that their home states recognize the validity of their union under the RFMA.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi\u2019s strategy in forcing the vote is obvious. She\u2019s keen to scare swing voters by leveraging Clarence Thomas\u2019s concurrence in the Dobbs case, where Thomas called for overturning various landmark \u201csubstantive due process\u201d cases touching on sexual autonomy, including Obergefell. And she knows that support for legal gay marriage polls remarkably well, which left House Republicans here between a rock and a hard place. If they voted for the bill, they\u2019d be siding with Pelosi and the libs over social conservatives, angering the base. If they voted against the bill, they\u2019d be angering the great majority of American voters. That\u2019s a tough one for a Republican in a swing district.<\/p>\n<p>Especially since, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/350486\/record-high-support-same-sex-marriage.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gallup\u2019s poll<\/a> last year, a majority of *Republican voters* now support legal gay marriage as well.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A more recent Gallup poll published last month found national support ticking <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/393197\/same-sex-marriage-support-inches-new-high.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">up to 71 percent<\/a>. Normally a 71 percent issue is easy for politicians, but House GOPers know that it\u2019s not moderates who tend to turn out in party primaries.<\/p>\n<p>How would Donald Trump have voted on this bill? How would Ron DeSantis have voted? We\u2019re unlikely to find out, as the no-win nature of it means they\u2019re better off not commenting.<\/p>\n<p>Because it\u2019s such a knotty dilemma for righties, Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team decided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/07\/19\/gop-marriage-equality-lgbtq-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to whip against the bill<\/a>. House Republicans were free to vote their conscience, and in this case \u201cconscience\u201d included \u201cwhatever you need to do to maximize your odds of getting reelected.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told Axios he thinks his Republican colleagues have shifted on LGBTQ+ issues since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015: \u201cI think many have [softened].\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who has positioned herself as a relative libertarian on issues like marijuana, said she\u2019s \u201cleaning into supporting\u201d the bill but wants to read it first: \u201cI fully support the rights of anyone to get married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), whose district absorbed several large LGBTQ communities in redistricting this year, said he \u201cprobably will vote for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) said she plans to vote for the bill and predicted it will \u201cget quite a few Republican votes,\u201d adding, \u201cAll I can do is speak for myself. It\u2019s the right vote and I\u2019m proud to vote for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the end, I think the vote ended up being easy-ish for most purple-district Republicans. Many, like Mace, are already past their primaries; gay marriage is already the law of the land thanks to Obergefell; and the bill is likely to die in the Senate, which should appease social cons who\u2019d otherwise hold a grudge over the House vote. It\u2019s a consequence-free vote in many respects, in other words. And now that it\u2019s over, they can put the issue behind them and get back to focusing on inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Are we <i>sure<\/i> the bill will end up dying in the Senate, though? McConnell was asked about RFMA today and notably didn\u2019t commit to blocking it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Respect for Marriage Act: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to delay announcing anything on that issue until we see what the Majority Leader puts on the floor.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KuQaxW9lyT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/KuQaxW9lyT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forbes (@Forbes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/1549467492338343938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bill has one Republican sponsor in the upper chamber, Susan Collins, and will almost certainly have Lisa Murkowski aboard as well. It\u2019s conceivable that some of the caucus\u2019s retirees, from Pat Toomey to Roy Blunt to Richard Burr, might also support it, having nothing to lose. Finding another five votes on top of those five would be tricky but I wonder if McConnell will end up quietly leaning on some moderates to vote yes and help Schumer get to 60 even if he himself end up opposing the legislation. Remember, McConnell worries that the GOP has lost ground among suburban voters during the Trump era and is keen to gain some of it back by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/mcconnell-wants-win-suburbs-defusing-cultural-hot-buttons-trump-party-rcna36266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing that the party can moderate (a little) on cultural disputes<\/a>. That\u2019s why he supported the Senate gun bill spearheaded by John Cornyn and also why he was quick to rule out eliminating the filibuster to ban abortion nationally if Republicans find themselves back in charge of government in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Cocaine Mitch wants November to be a pure referendum on Biden and inflation, with no cultural flashpoints scaring swing voters away from backing Republicans. The end of Roe and Thomas\u2019s aggressive concurrence about substantive due process complicated that for him. Finding 10 Republican votes to support the bill and require red states to grant full faith and credit to gay marriages performed in blue states would help un-complicate it.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019ll be hard. Republican voters may support gay marriage on balance but they reeeeeally dislike seeing their representatives hand the libs a culture-war win instead of \u201cfighting.\u201d Some will also complain that those who voted yes in the House incentivized Democrats to hold other \u201cshow votes\u201d in this vein, whereas a party-line no on grounds that the issue isn\u2019t salient at the moment might have blunted the impact:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not an issue!&#8221; she says. &#8220;What they&#8217;re doing is totally for campaigns, it&#8217;s for November.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She made clear that she personally believes marriage is between a man and woman, but it&#8217;s interesting to see the Right on the defensive about an issue that used to motivate the base.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bryan metzger (@metzgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metzgov\/status\/1549431813231284230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The best thing McConnell has going for him is that Schumer and his team are terrible at politics and might not even take up the House bill, never mind the discomfort that doing so would cause Republicans:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Durbin says it will be tough to schedule votes in the Senate on bills protecting gay marriage, contraception given the packed calendar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have more priorities than we have time,&#8221; he says<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/igorbobic\/status\/1549473220427976706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Either Schumer gets 10 GOP votes and a big win for his base by passing the bill or he forces the Senate GOP to block it and Dems get to say that McConnell\u2019s caucus is part of the rump 29 percent of Americans that wants to break up gay families. It\u2019s weird that Dems might not be able to find a day or two of legislative time to give themselves that gift.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll leave you with this curious complaint from Jim Jordan during the floor debate today. For 20 years Republicans argued that legislatures rather than courts should determine the lawfulness of gay marriage. Today, with the public now on the side of legalization, Jordan complains that legislating on the issue is an affront to a member of the Court. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jim Jordan dismisses the marriage equality bill as &#8220;simply the latest installment of the Democrats&#8217; campaign to delegitimize and attempt to intimidate the United States Supreme Court.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RGpyJM1EQR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/RGpyJM1EQR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1549430387323060224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fascinating vote, although not as fascinating as the vote will be if the Senate ends up considering this bill. 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