Respect For Marriage

In America - pretty soon - 2 consenting adult humans, who wanna get married, can get married.

Doesn't matter if you're black or white or red or blue, or Cis-Straight or Bi, or Queer to the point where you're sliding up and down the spectrum on your bare ass.

Ya wanna get married, get married.

Senate Vote
Yeas =  61
Nays = 36
No Vote =  3

They even shit-canned a couple of amendments aimed at carving out "religious objections".

How a bipartisan group of senators got same-sex marriage protections passed

A group of Democrats and Republicans, led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, spent months working to get 12 Republicans onboard with the legislation

In July, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) spotted some of her Republican colleagues on the Senate floor and rushed over to tell them the good news. Forty-seven House Republicans had just voted in favor of protecting same-sex marriage rights for gay couples, following the Supreme Court’s decision reversing Roe v Wade that raised fears the court could overturn same-sex marriage next.

“We could do this,” she recalled saying excitedly to Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Thom Tillis (N.C.), who Baldwin, the first openly gay senator, had worked with before in other discussions on protecting LGBTQ rights. Portman, who was the first in his caucus to endorse same-sex marriage back in 2013 and whose son is gay, said he initially felt less optimistic, aware of just how many of his colleagues had “strongly held views” on the issue.

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I don't harbor much in the way of warm-n-fuzzy expectations that a bunch of dog-ass politicians are doing something for reasons other than furthering their own ambitions, so we'll just have to watch for signs of whatever had to be bargained away in order to get Republicans to vote in favor of something that tries to make things better for most instead of their normal shit of making some things worse for a select group of "others" - in the name of all things holy and patriotic of course.

"We'll see", said the Zen Master.

Yeas
Roy Blunt Mo.
Richard Burr N.C.
Shelley Moore Capito W.Va.
Susan Collins Maine
Joni Ernst Iowa
Cynthia Lummis Wyo.
Lisa Murkowski Alaska
Rob Portman Ohio
Mitt Romney Utah
Dan Sullivan Alaska
Thom Tillis N.C.
Todd C. Young Ind.
Tammy Baldwin Wis.
Michael F. Bennet Colo.
Richard Blumenthal Conn.
Cory Booker N.J.
Sherrod Brown Ohio
Maria Cantwell Wash.
Benjamin L. Cardin Md.
Thomas R. Carper Del.
Robert P. Casey Jr. Pa.
Christopher A. Coons Del.
Catherine Cortez Masto Nev.
Tammy Duckworth Ill.
Richard J. Durbin Ill.
Dianne Feinstein Calif.
Kirsten Gillibrand N.Y.
Margaret Wood Hassan N.H.
Martin Heinrich N.M.
John Hickenlooper Colo.
Mazie Hirono Hawaii
Tim Kaine Va.
Mark Kelly Ariz.
Amy Klobuchar Minn.
Patrick J. Leahy Vt.
Ben Ray Luján N.M.
Joe Manchin III W.Va.
Edward J. Markey Mass.
Robert Menendez N.J.
Jeff Merkley Ore.
Chris Murphy Conn.
Patty Murray Wash.
Jon Ossoff Ga.
Alex Padilla Calif.
Gary Peters Mich.
Jack Reed R.I.
Jacky Rosen Nev.
Brian Schatz Hawaii
Charles E. Schumer N.Y.
Jeanne Shaheen N.H.
Kyrsten Sinema Ariz.
Tina Smith Minn.
Debbie Stabenow Mich.
Jon Tester Mont.
Chris Van Hollen Md.
Mark R. Warner Va.
Elizabeth Warren Mass.
Sheldon Whitehouse R.I.
Ron Wyden Ore.
Angus King Maine
Bernie Sanders Vt.

Nays
John Barrasso Wyo.
Marsha Blackburn Tenn.
John Boozman Ark.
Mike Braun Ind.
Bill Cassidy La.
John Cornyn Tex.
Tom Cotton Ark.
Kevin Cramer N.D.
Mike Crapo Idaho
Ted Cruz Tex.
Steve Daines Mont.
Deb Fischer Neb.
Lindsey Graham S.C.
Charles E. Grassley Iowa
Bill Hagerty Tenn.
Josh Hawley Mo.
John Hoeven N.D.
Cindy Hyde-Smith Miss.
James M. Inhofe Okla.
Ron Johnson Wis.
John Neely Kennedy La.
James Lankford Okla.
Mike Lee Utah
Roger Marshall Kan.
Mitch McConnell Ky.
Jerry Moran Kan.
Rand Paul Ky.
James E. Risch Idaho
Mike Rounds S.D.
Marco Rubio Fla.
Tim Scott S.C.
Rick Scott Fla.
Richard C. Shelby Ala.
John Thune S.D.
Tommy Tuberville Ala.
Roger Wicker Miss.

No vote:
Ben Sasse Neb.
Patrick J. Toomey Pa.
Raphael G. Warnock Ga.