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Senate Advances Bill to Codify Gay Marriage as Federal Right

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Senate Advances Bill to Codify Gay Marriage as Federal Right
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Aug. 2, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Joseph Lord
By Joseph Lord
11/16/2022Updated: 11/16/2022
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The U.S. Senate voted to advance a bill codifying a federal right to same-sex marriage.

The vote is the first major legislative move by the lame-duck 117th Senate. In a bipartisan 62–37 vote, the Senate voted to end debate on the measure. Twelve Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in voting to advance.

The bill would repeal the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman and replace it with language inclusive of gay marriage.

“The bill also repeals and replaces provisions that do not require states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states with provisions that prohibit the denial of full faith and credit or any right or claim relating to out-of-state marriages on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin,” the description of the bill on the Senate website says.

In addition to same-sex marriages, the bill grants new federal protections to interracial marriages.

The bill was approved by the House of Representatives in June but stalled in the Senate as lawmakers sought to hammer out a deal that could actually overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold.

As the upper chamber moved toward a vote on the legislation after months of negotiations, its fate still hung in the balance.

In the House, 47 Republicans voted for it.

However, its real test was always going to be in the Senate, where Republicans have the power to shoot down the legislation if at least 10 Republicans fail to support it.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) at a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 20, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) at a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 20, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Joseph Lord is a congressional reporter for The Epoch Times.
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