Same-Sex Marriage Bill Stays Winning Despite Missouri GOP Slap Fight

Despite solid red state voting patterns and the overall conservative vibe that rules Show-Me State politics . . . Today, Missouri's elder & lame duck senator stepped up in support of LGBTQ+ rights. 

More interestingly . . .  

ASHCROFT VS. BLUNT: CHECK MISSOURI'S LEADING REPUBLICAN FAMILIES DEBATING THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL!!!

Sure . . . We've heard the mainstream Republican talk about how this legislation might protect normies as well. 

Don't buy that for a second. 

30 years ago most Missouri Republicans wouldn't have touched this legislation. 

Now . . . For better and worse/like it or not . . . 

Same-sex marriage rights are the law of the land and part of the mainstream political conversation.

Check debate that didn't block the legislation . . .

In a letter to the Senator, Missouri SecState Ashcroft wrote that the act “Specifically runs afoul traditional principles of federalism,” and that it will “embolden an already weaponized U.S. Department of Justice.”

Ashcroft also said the federal law isn’t needed because Missouri voters have already voiced what they believe.

“Missourians have overwhelmingly approved marriage as a bond between one man and one woman. Over seventy percent of Missourians amended the Missouri Constitution stipulating that “to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist only between a man and a woman,” Ashcroft wrote in the letter.

The aftermath . . .

"The Senate has approved a bill to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages by a 61-36 vote. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Kansas Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran voted against the bill. It now heads back to the House where it is expected to be passed quickly."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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