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GOP Sen. Mike Braun says he would vote to codify 'settled' interracial marriage but wants to 'wait and see' what his constituents think about same-sex unions
Braun flubbed a question on interracial marriage in March. On Wednesday, he joined other Republican…
Bryan Metzger
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Buttigieg says he doesn't get why some House Republicans voted against gay marriage bill and tells Senate to 'vote yes and move on'
After GOP Sen. Marco Rubio called the vote on codifying gay marriage a "stupid waste of time," Butt…
Katie Balevic
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'Very seminal issue', SC refers pleas for same-sex marriage to a constitutional bench
The Supreme Court on Monday referred a batch of petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriage …
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'Govt is positive', Centre to SC on social benefits for same-sex couples
The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it is agreeable to set up a committee to be…
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Senate passes landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage nationwide. It's expected to pass the House and be signed into law by Biden
The bill is headed to the House, which is expected to pass it, and then to President Joe Biden's de…
Eliza Relman,Bryan Metzger
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Gay couple moves SC seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under Special Marriage Act
The petition raised the absence of a legal framework which allowed members of the LGBTQ+ community …
ANI
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is gay, says she confronted Marco Rubio in an elevator after he said a same-sex marriage vote was a 'stupid waste of time'
Sen. Marco Rubio made the comments to CNN as he was walking onto an elevator and Sen. Tammy Baldwin…
Natalie Musumeci
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Mitt Romney dismisses Clarence Thomas' opinion to reconsider same-sex marriage ruling: 'He's opened a lot of doors that no other justices walk through'
The House on Tuesday passed legislation that would protect same-sex marriage rights. Romney said he…
Oma Seddiq,Bryan Metzger
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Republican senators insist the Supreme Court's landmark same-sex marriage ruling was 'wrongly decided' but decline to 'wade into' it amid leaked abortion opinion
Insider spoke to nearly a dozen GOP senators about whether they believe the Supreme Court could ove…
Bryan Metzger
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Obergefell, the plaintiff in the SCOTUS same-sex marriage ruling, said it's 'quite telling' Clarence Thomas omitted the case that legalized interracial marriage after saying the courts should go after other right to privacy cases
Following the SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Thomas said the court should consider rulings …
Hannah Getahun
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A Republican congressman attended his son's same-sex wedding just days after voting against protections for same-sex marriage
A spokesperson for Rep. Glenn Thompson told Insider that the congressman was "very happy" to welcom…
Erin Snodgrass
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Kasich says 'even clowns were embarrassed' by Texas GOP convention that included declaration that Biden 'was not legitimately elected' and called homosexuality an 'abnormal lifestyle choice'
"You let the people who are really extreme take control, then these are the kind of things you get,…
Bryan Metzger
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The couple who defeated California's same-sex marriage ban in 2013 said yes – again – in a vow exchange held 40,000 feet in the air
In 2013, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier became the first same-sex couple to legally wed in California i…
Maria Noyen
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12 Republican senators broke with their party and voted for a bill to protect same-sex marriage
The Senate passed the legislation by a 61-36 margin on Tuesday evening. It must now be passed again…
Bryan Metzger
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Senate same-sex marriage bill says people with 'diverse beliefs about the role of gender in marriage' are 'due proper respect'
Senators sought to gain Republican support by amending the bill, which sailed through the House in …
Bryan Metzger
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Biden signs bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriage months after Supreme Court raised doubts about marriage and contraception decisions
After months of debate and some unlikely GOP support, Biden signed a bill to protect relationships …
Bryan Metzger
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Oklahoma considers banning consensual nudes before marriage
An Oklahoma bill, set to be proposed by a GOP state senator, would make it illegal to send explicit…
Joshua Zitser
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Lindsey Graham says same-sex marriage should be left to the states but pivots from question on interracial marriage
Sen. Lindsey Graham said the federal government shouldn't define marriage and that such questions w…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Alicia Vikander says she never really got used to Jude Law's 'repulsive' smell as King Henry VIII in 'Firebrand' — but they still had a blast reuniting on set
"Firebrand" stars Jude Law as Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr. They spoke to BI ab…
Caralynn Matassa
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US House passes a bill to protect same-sex marriage for the second time, this time with less Republican support
39 Republicans voted for the bill on Thursday, versus 47 in July. The bill, amended by senators, no…