Sentences with phrase «bills against gay marriage»

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In contrast, last week — in an unprecedented compromise — Utah passed two bills: one banning discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people; and on protecting the rights of those who object to same - sex marriage on religious grounds.

I get top billing not you LOL How can any business that is divided against itself survive, it CA N'T, yet we have the APA that ones that in 73 approved gays off the DSM deeply divided on gay marriage.

Maybe if the Catholics just kept their mouths shut, didn't protest against gay marriage, didn't protest against Obama's health insurance bill, didn't protest against women's rights, and didn't try to tell everyone how wrong they are, maybe everyone wouldn't hate them so much.

But more unexpectedly, given that Hawaii was one of the first states where the issue surfaced, a Hawaii state representative has caused waves for becoming the first openly gay lawmaker to vote against a state's same - sex marriage bill.

Sen. Bill Stachowski is fighting back against Fight Back PAC, the political action committee created with the sole purpose of replacing senator who voted «no» on gay marriage with candidates who will vote «yes» on the issue.

The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has admitted — after months of secrecy — that Penn National Gaming paid for a summer mailing that sought to mobilize supporters of Maryland's marriage equality bill against a gambling expansion measure in the state.

Skelos» legacy as majority leader includes allowing senators to vote for the first time on bills that legalized gay marriage and the NY Safe Act, a strict gun control measure, although Skelos personally voted against both laws.

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In that race, Republican John Robitaille, who is against gay marriage, is battling two candidates, independent former Sen. Lincoln Chafee and Democrat Frank Caprio, who say they would sign a bill making same - sex unions legal.

Senator Reverend Ruben Diaz, the lone Democrat to vote against the gay marriage bill, is also a supporter of the rally and urged New Yorkers to attend Sunday's protest.

Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has endorsed the re-election of state Senator Stephen Saland, a Republican who backs gay marriage, prompting harsh criticism from Senator Ruben Diaz, the only Democrat in the New York Senate who voted against a bill legalizing such unions in the state.

And as soon as you ask the question, and you probe the answer, the only answer [by those opposed to the gay marriage bill] is «I want to discriminate against gay people.»

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In today's interview, Saland said he's views on gay marriage started to turn in 2009, but he voted against the December bill because of the lack of religious carve outs.

Political action committee Fight Back New York has condemned Bronx State Senator Reuben Diaz for his support of ousted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, along with Sens. Frank Padavan and Shirley Huntley, who all voted against the recent gay marriage bill in the Senate.

Back in 2010, he defended her against same - sex advocates who were furious that he agreed to support her and other Democrats who voted «no» on the gay marriage bill.

The lone Senate Democrat to vote against the bill, self - professed conservative Democrat Ruben Diaz, calls gay marriage the «Achilles heel» in New York State politics since it became law.

As long as gay marriage passes, I doubt that gays will care about how Shelly voted even if he votes against the bill when it finally.

In 2011, she voted against gay marriage because, «I thought the bill would have the unintended consequences of lawsuits against religious institutions that did not want to perform the marriages,» she said.

At the Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, legislators and constituents discussed the best strategy to use to pass a pro-LGBT marriage bill in 2011, partly in response to the recent suicides by teenagers who were gay or perceived to be gay and the recent hate crimes against gay people in the city: an assault of a bartender at Julius Bar in Manhattan Oct. 11 and an attack on three gay men in the Bronx by nine attackers Oct. 3.

One insider expressed surprise that Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan pushed all his members to remain unified in voting for the bill rather than allowing most of the conference to vote against it with the knowledge it could pass with mostly Democratic votes as occured under former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos when he allowed the gay marriage and SAFE Act bills to the floor.

The odds on David Cameron stepping down as Tory leader before the next election were shortened last night, after more Tory MPs voted against his flagship bill on gay marriage than supported it.

Fight Back NY, the new political action committee started by gay advocate Tim Gill and others that plans to aggressively target New York state senators who voted against the recent marriage equality bill, has officially launched.

Fight Back NY, the new political action committee started by gay advocate Tim Gill and others that plans to aggressively target New York state senators who voted against the recent marriage equality bill, has officially launched.The group also... Read

The Log Cabin Republicans favor gay marriage and the bill that would ban employment discrimination against gays.

But that doesn't mean Collins has changed his mind on issues such as gay marriage — which the Supreme Court made the law of the land in 2015 — and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the proposed bill that would bar workplace discrimination against gays.

The gay marriage bill has been saved after Ed Miliband agreed at the last minute to vote against an amendment to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples that had prompted government warnings that it would derail the entire measure.