{"id":1570113,"date":"2022-07-25T14:38:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570113"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:38:45","slug":"same-sex-marriage-needs-10-gop-senators-for-codification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/same-sex-marriage-needs-10-gop-senators-for-codification\/","title":{"rendered":"Same-sex marriage needs 10 GOP senators for codification"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fsame-sex-marriage-needs-10-gop-senators-for-codification%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=1570113&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--><div id=\"attachment_2730389\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2730389\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2730389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22201668445859.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI in Washington, May 25, 2022. A bipartisan group of senators, including Collins, released proposed changes July 20, to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump&#039;s effort to overturn the 2020 election. (Ting Shen\/Pool Photo via AP, File)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2730389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI in Washington, May 25, 2022. A bipartisan group of senators, including Collins, released proposed changes July 20, to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump\u2019s effort to overturn the 2020 election. (Ting Shen\/Pool Photo via AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 11:24 AM PT \u2013 Monday, July 25, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Forty-seven House Republicans joined every Democrat in backing codification of same-sex marriage, in turn, sending the bill to the Senate. Now in the upper chamber, the bill, which would repeal the 1996 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/104th-congress\/house-bill\/3396\">Defense of Marriage Act<\/a>, codify interracial marriage and give legislative backing to the Supreme Court\u2019s Obergefell decision, could face an uphill battle to the 60 votes needed for passage.<\/p>\n<p>All 50 Democrats have announced their support for gay marriage with the onus falling squarely on 10 Republican senators to join them and send the bill to President Joe Biden\u2019s desk. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has led Republican efforts to codify gay marriage while working closely with the Senates first openly lesbian member, Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, to try and secure the 10 GOP votes. Alaska\u2019s Lisa Murkowski, Ohio\u2019s Rob Portman and North Carolina\u2019s Thom Tillis have also announced their support.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you are a Senator who supports marriage equality then you will support our bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act to protect this freedom and right for same-sex and interracial marriages. Let&#8217;s stand together and protect the progress we have made.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorBaldwin\/status\/1549786895781171202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, even staunch conservatives are getting on board with the bill as Wisconsin\u2019s Ron Johnson has announced his intention to vote \u2018yes.\u2019 He said that while he thinks the bill is unnecessary because overturning gay marriage would disrupt people\u2019s lives in a way overturning abortion did not, he wouldn\u2019t oppose its passage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cUnlike Roe v. Wade, this pretty well is settled law from the standpoint that people have relied on that and if you overturn it, that\u2019s a big part of Stare Decisis, it would disrupt a lot of people\u2019s lives,\u201d Johnson stated. \u201cRoe v. Wade was about affecting people in the future\u2026as I look at that piece of legislation from the House right now, I don\u2019t see any reason why I should oppose it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite this, opposition still runs steep among some parts of the Senate Republican caucus. South Carolina\u2019s Lindsey Graham has said that he would continue to support the Defense of Marriage Act passed in 1996 with majority support among both parties in both chambers and signed by Democrat President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Whip in the Senate, Texas\u2019 John Cornyn, who\u2019s fresh off writing the latest anti-Second Amendment legislation with Democrats, has said he feels the issue is an unnecessary distraction because it\u2019s already settled law.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI I think it\u2019s a contrived issue because the Supreme Court\u2019s decided the issue, so I don\u2019t see any reason for the Congress to act,\u201d he stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ted Cruz, Texas\u2019 other Republican senator, along with a few others are also expected to vote \u2018no.\u2019 The rest of the caucus remains cagey about giving a direct answer on where they sit. Iowa\u2019s Joni Ernst has said she needs time to review the legislation and Utah\u2019s Mitt Romney believes the bill is unnecessary, but is looking into it.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana\u2019s Bill Cassidy didn\u2019t say if he would support the bill, but did tell reporters he was amazed they fall for distractions by the Democrats listed off a litany of pressing issues facing the country from a wide open border to record inflation. He said the whole thing was to shift the media\u2019s attention from those issues.<\/p>\n<p>With most Republicans not giving a firm answer one way or the other, it could be a bill with an unknown status until it comes to the floor for a full vote by the body. If it passes, Biden has said he will sign it the moment it gets to his desk. However, even if the bill fails, same sex marriage will still be the law of the land for the foreseeable future with Republican legislators and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh asserting the Obergefell decision isn\u2019t going anywhere anytime soon.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dr-anthony-fauci-defends-vaccine-mandates-says-covid-jab-very-good-at-stopping-severe-diseases\/\">Dr. Anthony Fauci Defends Vaccine Mandates, Says COVID Jab \u2018Very Good\u2019 At Stopping Severe Diseases<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI in Washington, May 25, 2022. 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