House to vote on same-sex marriage, push back against court
WASHINGTON — U.S. House members engaged in robust but lopsided debate Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservative Americans.
“Imagine telling the next generation of Americans, my generation, we no longer have the right to marry,” he said. “Congress can’t allow that to happen.” Approval of interracial marriage in the U.S. hit a six-decade high at 94% in September, according to Gallup. In fact, of all the Republicans who rose to speak during the morning debate, almost none directly broached the subject of same-sex or interracial marriage.
For Republicans in Congress the Trump-era confirmation of conservative justices to the Supreme Court fulfilled a long-term GOP goal of revisiting many social, environmental and regulatory issues the party has been unable to tackle on its own by passing bills that could be signed into law.“I’m probably not inclined to support it,” said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. “The predict of this is just wrong. I don’t think the Supreme Court is going to overturn any of that stuff.
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