Tue Nov 22, 2022 – 4:58 pm EST
Stop Federal Lawmakers From Forcing Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ On The States! Tell your Senators to vote NO.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — A Republican Congressman who supported Democrat legislation to enshrine same-sex “marriage” in federal law has expressed regret for his vote, and now calls on Republicans to oppose the final version.
47 House Republicans joined Democrats in July to pass the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RMA), which would repeal the longstanding (but unenforced) Defense of Marriage Act (which recognized marriage as a man-woman union in federal law and protected states’ rights to do the same), federally recognize any “marriage” lawfully performed by any state, and force every state to recognize any “marriage” of any other state “between 2 individuals,” without regard for “the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals”; and contained language potentially obliging the federal government to recognize polygamous unions.
Among those 47 Republicans was Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, who has come to regret his vote. The Washington Stand reports that Perry recently discussed the situation with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, explaining that Democrats rushed the bill to a vote without adequate
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