McConnell is a man who has many things. The Respect for Marriage Act protects some rights for same-sex and interracial married couples despite McConnell's interracial marriage. Elaine Chao is the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet when she was in the Trump administration.
The Senate voted to end debate on the Respect for Marriage Act by a majority of 62-37, with 12 Republicans voting against it. If the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell or Loving, it will require states to respect same-sex and interracial marriages that are currently legal. Clarence Thomas, a justice on the Supreme Court, was in agreement with the court's decision to overturn the abortion law.
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McConnell is not the first Republican to vote against his own interests out of spite. It is the first time that an Asian-American woman has held the position of transportation secretary. She moved to the U.S. as a child. She is McConnell's spouse.
The Mormon Church backed the bill because it gave faith-based groups the freedom to discriminate against same-sex couples. If protecting the legal status of his own marriage weren't enough for McConnell to vote yes on the bill, I figured the right to discriminate against the LGBTQ people might convince him to back the bill. That didn't happen.
The bill's symbolic support for same-sex couples was too much for McConnell. Maybe the recent sermon about aliens opposing same-sex marriage got to him.
McConnell retained his title as Minority Leader because of his extreme stance against same-sex and interracial marriage.
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