Senate Republicans were told by Pete Buttigieg to vote yes and move on with the legislation.
Ahead of the Senate's anticipated vote on the Respect for Marriage Act, Buttigieg made the comments during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper. The bill to make same-sex marriage legal passed the House with bipartisan support. Some Republicans voted against it.
It's important to a lot of people. Buttigieg has two children with his husband. I don't know why it would be difficult for a senator or congressman to treat our marriage the same.
Buttigieg was asked by Tapper what he would say to Republicans who said the vote was pointless. The bill is a waste of time and should be decided at a state level, according to the senator.
He doesn't know why he wouldn't help safeguard marriages like mine if he had time to fight against Disney.
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According to Forbes, at least five GOP senators have said they will vote for the bill.
"If they don't want to spend a lot of time on this, they can vote yes and move on, and that would be really reassuring for a lot of families around America," Buttigieg said.
He said that he didn't understand why House Republicans voted against it. There were 47 House Republicans who voted in favor.
The majority of House Republicans voted no on our marriage as recently as Tuesday, hours after I was in a room with many of them talking about transportation policy, having what I thought were normal conversations with many of them on that subject.
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