After passing the House with the support of 47 Republicans, the Respect for Marriage Act, which would protect marriage rights for same-sex couples if the Supreme Court were to overturn its 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, faces much dimmer prospects in the Senate. There is one reason why: the Christian right still controls the Republican Party. Movement leaders know it took 50 years to reverse Roe, and are committed to a similar strategy to undermine and eventually overturn Obergefell. With abundant clues in the Supreme Court’s June decision overturning Roe that LGBTQ rights could be next on the chopping block, it is unimaginable that movement leaders would sink that goal by allowing this bill to become law.
These are the most deeply shitty people in our country. The leadership needs to keep pushing on this, because it forces the whole thing out in the open.
We need better laws to both allow religion, yet protect our country from radical religious extremism. Look at what the Taliban did to Afghanistan. Further, these are the same “on a mission from god” types that tried to destroy our Capitol and are part of the fake electors racketeering conspiracy that continues to try to overturn democracy. These people need to find their own country. They can’t have ours.
“Wait! Not those children. They can’t grow up and live and thrive with God’s grace like what we proclaim are the right kind of people.”
ETA: And these “Christians” who say Trump was chosen by God. No, sorry. He was chosen by fuckwads like you who wanted someone to carry out your agenda - not God’s … or Allah’s or anyone else’s.
