US bill to protect equal marriage clears first Senate hurdle with support from a dozen Republicans
A bill intended to protect same-sex marriage in US law has cleared a procedural hurdle in the US Senate, with a number of Republicans who have previously opposed LGBT+ rights joining Democrats in voting in favour.
37 Republicans, including Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, voted against. Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin, the first out gay person elected to the Senate, told the chamber that many couples were terrified their hard-won marriages could be rendered invalid at a stroke of a pen.
Senator Tammy Baldwin joins Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to speak about the Respect for Marriage Act Ms Collins, one of the tiny handful of Republican senators to have supported LGBT+ rights measures previously, told the chamber the bill would “help protect the rights of Americans while maintaining important religious liberty protections”.
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