Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) last week voted against federal legislation that would require states to recognize same-sex marriages. Three days later, the congressman attended his son’s same-sex wedding.
“Congressman and Mrs. Thompson were thrilled to attend and celebrate their son’s marriage on Friday night as he began this new chapter in his life. The Thompsons are very happy to welcome their new son-in-law into their family,” Thompson’s press secretary, Maddison Stone, told The Washington Post late Monday in an email.in opposing the Respect for Marriage Act.
“This bill was nothing more than an election-year messaging stunt for Democrats in Congress who have failed to address historic inflation and out of control prices at gas pumps and grocery stores,” Stone said in an email toStone did not respond to The Post’s question about what Gawker, which first reported the news, described as theof the congressman celebrating his son’s wedding after voting against federal legislation that would guarantee his son the right to have that wedding.Obergefell v.
bars states from banning same-sex marriages. In addition to protecting same-sex marriages, the Respect for Marriage Act would also enshrine the right for interracial couples to marry, something that’s protected by the court’s 1967 ruling in
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