“The #RespectforMarriageAct is an important step toward providing protections, and for saying, ‘We’re sorry for the wrong turn we took with the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and resistance to allowing gay people to marry.”
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I sum up how we won in three words: Hope, Clarity, Tenacity. You have to persist. You need clarity in your goal and strategy. But change begins with hope — belief that through work you can help others rise to fairness. Now we must work together to reinvigorate our democracy.
With today’s Senate cloture vote, we are one step closer to protecting federal marriage equality. Let’s urge our senators to finally pass the Respect for Marriage Act once and for all.
Great news – The #RespectforMarriageAct has cleared the 60-vote threshold necessary to proceed on debate and a final vote on this bill that will protect the freedom to marry and preserve the dignity of so many same-sex couples nationwide. https://t.co/O6Mpng8xwh
Donald Trump would get really mad if #NeverTrump started trending on Twitter on the night of his "big announcement."
Whatever you do tonight, please do NOT tweet #NeverTrump.
Terrific news: The #RespectforMarriageAct is about love, commitment, & protecting dignity for same-sex couples and interracial couples. Its protections are supported by a supermajority of Americans, and now, by the LDS Church. The Senate should vote yes. https://t.co/EjJ9uHov8F
This bill is an important codification of the requirement that all lawful marriages be treated with full respect in every state, no matter what some might say or try. And it sends a powerful bipartisan message from Congress, alongside the supermajority support from the public.
“What if the defining gay rights demand of the past generation had not been equal marriage rights but an affirmative-action program in areas where gay men and lesbians had suffered historic discrimination?” https://t.co/OxdWJgH5GA