A note from Mark Waldeland:
Is the U.S. Senate really going to redefine marriage?
[. . .]The Alliance Defending Freedom, described the religious liberty protections in the bill as “meaningless,” adding: “This new provision does not ameliorate the bill’s adverse impact on religious exercise and freedom of conscience.”
Take a closer look at the three Republican senators included in the bipartisan group pushing to legalize same-sex marriage. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is Roman Catholic, but the Catholic Church is really clear about marriage being between a man and a woman. It’s hard to take an assurance of religious liberty protections from a man who defies the teaching of his own church. Susan Collins is one of the last of the Republicans who often supports liberal positions on social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage, so no surprise there. Rob Portman is retiring from the Senate at the end of this lame-duck term, and that might explain his urgency. But there is more to this story.
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We have already seen 47 Republicans defect to the same-sex marriage cause when the House voted. Right now, watch Republicans in the Senate. We are about to find out who is, and who is not, a conservative when it comes to conserving marriage and protecting religious freedom.
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