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Heidi Stevens: The world is on fire. Why are we debating people's right to marry who they love?

I thought, naively it turns out, we might get to a point in my lifetime where we stop saying same-sex marriage. Where we just say marriage.

Tribune News Service

Texas Republicans in Congress vote against bill to protect right to contraception

The House passed the measure, but it will have a harder time getting through the evenly divided Senate.

The Texas Tribune

195 GOPers oppose right to contraception

Just 8 Republicans supported the bill as Democrats call out the GOP's "assault on women's rights"

Salon

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Every Democrat and eight Republicans in the House vote to protect contraception

Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are among the Republicans who vote to pass the legislation protecting birth control, IUDs and emergency contraception.

The Independent UK

Sen. Murray seeks 6th term at new inflection point for women

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state is seeking her sixth term at a new inflection point for women

The Independent UK

House Dems move to protect contraception from Supreme Court

Democrats are pushing legislation through the House that would inscribe the right to use contraceptives into law

The Independent UK

Thailand Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Thailand becomes the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage, marking a historic milestone for LGBTQ+ rights.

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Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law

The Independent UK

The press grades Republicans on a curve

Sorry, media, support for same-sex marriage is not "bipartisan"

Salon

House passes bill preserving same-sex marriage as Democrats seek to counter Justice Thomas, GOP

WASHINGTON — House Democrats passed legislation Tuesday to strengthen same-sex marriage rights as Republicans emboldened by comments from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hope to topple other precedents following the reversal of Roe vs. Wade.

Tribune News Service

Only one Texas Republican in Congress voted to protect marriage equality

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales was the only Texas Republican to vote for a bill seeking to codify the right to same-sex marriage. The measure passed the House, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain.

The Texas Tribune

House passes same-sex marriage bill in wake of abortion ruling

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Tuesday to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and codify legal recognition for interracial and same-sex marriages nationwide, part of the legislative response from Democrats to recent Supreme Court decisions.

Tribune News Service

47 Republicans join Democrats to pass marriage equality bill in House of Representatives

157 GOP lawmakers vote against legislation to repeal Defense of Marriage Act and affirm same-sex and interracial marriage protections

The Independent UK

House passes bill to codify marriage equality with large bipartisan support

Almost 50 Republicans voted yes. The legislation is part of Democrats' response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Reason

Congress Considers Gay Marriage Bill To Avoid a Future Supreme Court Showdown

Passing an actual law is a good and proper way of enshrining recognition.

Roll Call

House passes same-sex marriage bill in wake of abortion ruling - Roll Call

The bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and codify legal recognition for interracial and same-sex marriages nationwide passed 267-157.

Reason

Homeland Security Is Buying Its Way Around the Fourth Amendment

Plus: The Respect for Marriage Act, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and more...

The Independent UK

Congress to vote on protections for contraception and marriage equality after Supreme Court guts Roe v Wade

House Democrats will introduce the Right to Contraception Act and Respect for Marriage Act

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Tribune News Service

Texas Sen. Cruz says 2015 Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage was wrong

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is joining a multitude of conservatives in continuing to say the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage was wrong and an overreach, stoking concerns that the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact other past decisions.

Axios

Congress moves to protect marriage equality after Roe decision

The bill is part of the House’s response to the Dobbs ruling.

Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON — Four years after angrily denying sexual assault allegations at his Senate confirmation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh remains the U.S. Supreme Court’s lightning rod no matter how many conciliatory opinions he writes.

Roll Call

Democrats preview same-sex marriage, contraception votes at hearing

Democrats want to codify rights after Justice Clarence Thomas urged the Supreme Court to revisit other precedents.

Tribune News Service

Bill Torpy: The Supremes' greatest hits yet to come

Last week's death of former Republican Georgia state Sen. Mike Crotts, author of the state's 2004 constitutional ban on gay marriage, got me thinking about this generation's premier culture warrior: another Georgian, named Clarence Thomas.

Axios

Senate Republicans dodge as Dems plot votes codifying gay marriage, access to contraception

After Roe, Democrats are readying new legislation to codify long-settled precedents.

The Independent UK

Law professor rebukes Josh Hawley’s ‘transphobic’ line of questioning in abortion rights hearing

‘We can recognise this impacts women while also recognising this impacts other groups. Those things are not mutually exclusive, Senator Hawley’

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