Posted on 07/26/2022 8:47:27 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
It’s one of the worst betrayals conservatives have ever suffered at the hands of the Republican Party.
On Tuesday, the House passed the so-called Respect for Marriage Act with a stunning 47 Republican votes and the blessing of GOP House leaders, and the bill is now rapidly gaining traction with Republicans in the Senate, shocking even Democrats and the liberal media.
The Respect for Marriage Act would enshrine same-sex “marriage” into federal law, override duly enacted laws and constitutional amendments in 35 states, require the federal government to recognize polygamy or any other redefinition of marriage that a state may come up with, and open the door to a wide range of new threats to religious freedom.
The bill, largely intended as a Democratic messaging stunt before the midterms, is nothing less than a declaration of war on the family and Christians and a gift to the radical LGBT movement and Democrats’ far-left base.
Conservatives could naturally expect that the representatives they elected to defend their values against just this kind of attack would reject the woke Respect for Marriage Act out of hand.
But as of Monday, five Republican senators (Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin) have indicated that they will support the bill when it comes before the Senate, already giving Democrats half of the GOP votes they need to get it to Joe Biden’s desk and hand him his first major legislative victory on LGBT issues.
And Republican Senate leaders have made clear that they currently have no plans to oppose the bill…
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I was wondering whether this will make it to the Supremes if it passes.
If the Supremes knock it down they would also have to overturn their previous ruling that homosexual marriage is a constitutional right.
It would have to be a twofer.
Ping
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About to?
I would argue long has just not as aggressively or openingly as the Leftist DEMs.
Fine with me. Marriage is none of the Fed’s business.
I am predicting that the day this bill is signed into law will be followed immediately by a mass casualty event in the US, which will be God’s way of making it clear to us where we as a nation truly stand with Him.
But marriage is also a secular legal institution, not strictly a religious institution.
“About to betray”? They did that long ago.
The constitution says nothing about marriage. The feds best shut up
The time for political solutions past in November 2020.
Not to worry. The Democrats will save us
Oh goodness, the GOP did that a long time ago. The GOP needs to die a quick death and be replaced after leaving the sickly fossils in the dust.
I can’t wait for the Pubbies to wake up and realize that the Sneaky Dims snuck in one of the money bills, the reporting of $600 transactions by banks.
Maybe they already know and don’t care, but I seem to remember that they were upset about a much HIGHER amount being unacceptable.
Then suddenly...six hundred dollars is the law...
Maybe I got something wrong?
Just on general principles.
Make the Dems completely own it, even if they have to bring out Kamala as the tiebreaker.
They will *never* win over the Left on this issue and will only anger conservatives.
Lose-lose situation for the GOP.
Compare that to government’s required role of protecting freedoms. Government should act against uncompelled behavior that threatens our freedom, e.g., real crimes. They don’t have the ability to even do that. Government is unfocused, large, expensive and failing. It’s time to eliminate as much government in our daily lives as possible so government can do things that really matter. And do them correctly.
Agree!
Kind of sounds like what happened in the English Civil War with the Cromwell/Parliament vs King Charles a Catholic King, if one wants to label that English Civil War like that. I think the English Civil War was more of a Religious war, not totally sure. Either way it is interesting that a majority of people did not really like the Cromwell's or the Puritan government so much so that they let the Successor to King Charles back in charge of the government shortly after Cromwell's death, and I don't think their was a fight over the whole thing.
The American Revolution kind of mirrors the English Civil War, and you could maybe say it was a Daja Vue all over again, except this time they went at it again on the other side of the pond.
In a RINOs mind money beats principle all day any day and they are shoving it in our faces right now!
Educate yourself. In every country that has legalized gay marriage, the marriage rates have plummeted.
From www.statista.com
This will hurt Ron Johnson in particular. He has not caved on much, but caved he has on this.
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