{"id":1739919,"date":"2022-11-15T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739919"},"modified":"2022-11-15T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:02:30","slug":"gop-senators-top-priority-after-failed-midterms-is-helping-democrats-trample-the-meaning-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-top-priority-after-failed-midterms-is-helping-democrats-trample-the-meaning-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senators\u2019 Top Priority After Failed Midterms Is Helping Democrats Trample The Meaning Of Marriage"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fgop-senators-top-priority-after-failed-midterms-is-helping-democrats-trample-the-meaning-of-marriage%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=1739919&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>Having seemingly learned nothing from their losses in the 2022 midterms, Senate Republicans are preparing to sell out their voters by working with their Democrat colleagues to alter the definition of marriage under federal law by the end of this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a bipartisan group of senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portman.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/senators-move-forward-bipartisan-respect-marriage-act-protections-religious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> they had reached an agreement on adding an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baldwin.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/RMA%20and%20Amendment%20One-Pager_FINAL_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amendment<\/a> to the deceptively named, \u201cRespect for Marriage Act,\u201d which they claim would both codify same-sex marriage into federal law and protect \u201cAmericans\u2019 religious liberties and diverse beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/8404\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislation<\/a>, states would be legally prevented from denying \u201cfull faith and credit to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding\u201d with respect to marriages between individuals based on \u201csex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.\u201d The Democrat-controlled House had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/47-house-republicans-vote-to-ban-states-from-recognizing-traditional-definition-of-marriage-at-least-two-gop-senators-will-do-so-too\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> an earlier version of the bill this year, with the help of 47 Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>If Congress successfully passes it, the measure would allow left-wing activists to use the legal system to harass religious Americans and institutions for simply exercising their God-given rights. As the Family Heritage Alliance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyheritagealliance.org\/the-respect-for-marriage-act-threatens-religious-liberty-and-childrens-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>, the bill \u201cwould require federal recognition of any one state\u2019s definition of marriage without any parameters,\u201d including \u201copen marriages [and] marriages involving a minor or relative,\u201d and \u201cany other new definition of marriage that a state chooses to adopt could be recognized federally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizations such as the Colson Center have also highlighted the dangers of the legislation, specifically the door it leaves open for Democrats to codify radical gender theory into federal law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the LGBTQ community that is referred to throughout this bill, which means that if this bill passes, marriage will become a gender<em>less\u00a0<\/em>institution by force of law. This will harm children and further confuse reality,\u201d the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakpoint.org\/updated-the-respect-for-marriage-act-is-anything-but\/?__hstc=214592072.67b5d4d23d491b42f8924fafd85899cf.1668530230205.1668530230205.1668530230205.1&#038;__hssc=214592072.3.1668530230206&#038;__hsfp=4087815321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, the passage of the \u201cRespect for Marriage Act\u201d would open the floodgates for leftists to wage an all-out legal assault against any American for obeying the Word of God and refusing to bow to their \u201crainbow everything\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Since the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s 2015 <em>Obergefell v. Hodges<\/em> decision, which overturned marriage laws in numerous states and redefined the institution of marriage by judicial decree, LGBT activists have used the legal system to target religious Americans and institutions across the country over sexuality and so-called gender issues. One of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frc.org\/op-eds\/the-respect-for-marriage-act-is-a-disaster-for-religious-liberty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prominent cases<\/a> in recent years is that of Jack Phillips, a Colorado cake artist taken to court because \u201che refused to make a custom wedding cake for a same-sex wedding.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Although the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/articles\/living-to-fight-another-day-1617301688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> in favor of Phillips in 2018, the Colorado baker has since found himself in court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/04\/10\/colorado-baker-sued-again-turning-down-gender-transition-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once again<\/a>, this time for refusing to make a cake \u201ccelebrating transgenderism.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frc.org\/op-eds\/the-respect-for-marriage-act-is-a-disaster-for-religious-liberty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Other examples<\/a> of targeted assaults against people and institutions of faith over LGBT matters include the Biden administration\u2019s directing religious schools to allow individuals to use their preferred dormitories and shared shower spaces, <a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.frc.org\/EF\/EF16L23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple lawsuits<\/a> against Christian wedding vendors, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/10\/faith-based-adoption-agencies-under-attack-beto-orourke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacks<\/a> on faith-based adoption agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican senators partnering with Democrats on the amendment, however, are putting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Respect for Marriage Act&#8217; would open the floodgates for leftists to wage an all-out legal assault against any American obeying the Word of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1739922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1739922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}