Chip Roy claims 12 GOP senators who voted for Respect for Marriage Act are ‘either stupid or deceitful’
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Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) spoke harshly against the Republican senators who voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, claiming they are either “stupid or deceitful.”
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass the legislation, which now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. Roy claimed the Respect for Marriage Act is “purposefully undermining religious liberty,” according to Spectrum News 1.
“The 12 Senate Republicans who voted for it in the Senate are either stupid or deceitful,” Roy said.
HOUSE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL SHRINKS DESPITE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AMENDMENT
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The legislation repeals the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 that defined marriage as between one man and one woman and codifies the precedent set in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The House had already passed a version of the legislation in July but voted on it again on Thursday after the Senate added a religious liberty amendment to it.
The Senate voted on the Respect for Marriage Act on Nov. 29, with 12 Republicans joining the Democrats in voting in favor of it. The 12 Senate Republicans who voted in favor of the legislation were Roy Blunt (MO), Richard Burr (NC), Shelley Capito (WV), Susan Collins (ME), Joni Ernst (IA), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Robert Portman (OH), Mitt Romney (UT), Dan Sullivan (AK), Thom Tillis (NC), and Todd Young (IN).
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Biden is expected to sign the legislation, as he released a statement in mid-November voicing his support for it.
“Love is love, and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love. Today’s bipartisan vote brings the United States one step closer to protecting that right in law,” Biden’s statement read.