The Senate today advanced legislation to protect same-sex marriage, clearing a filibuster and sending it on to near-certain passage.
The Senate on Wednesday narrowly advanced legislation to protect same-sex marriage, sending it on to near-certain passage.
Headed into the floor vote, only a handful of Republicans, including Sens. Mitt Romney , Roy Blunt and Lisa Murkowski publicly committed to voting for the modified legislation. Baldwin, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema were the lead Democratic negotiators, while Collins worked with Sens. Rob Portman and Thom Tillis to shore up GOP votes.in July with support from nearly 50 House Republicans, the process in the Senate has taken more time amid GOP concerns about religious liberty. If the Senate does pass its version, the legislation will need another vote of approval from the House to head to President Joe Biden’s desk.
The bipartisan amendment clarifies that the bill would leave intact protections from a 1993 religious freedom law, which outlaws placing a substantial burden on people’s ability to exercise their religion. In addition, it states that nonprofit religious groups would not have to perform marriage services and that the bill would not impact their tax treatment.
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