Democrats Delay Vote on Marriage Equality

The vote to protect marriage equality in the United States has been pushed to take place after midterms. Despite saying that they are confident in the bill passing, many democrat officials agree it would be better to vote on this after midterm elections pass.

Where the democratic party was concerned with drawing more support from the republican party, the vast majority of republicans worried that it would divide voters further to have that decision made so close to midterms. Unfortunately, this move was favorable for Republicans, who are no longer in the minority in the senate. Many democrats believe that these republicans should be forced to come forward with their stance.

Senator Elizabeth Warren said, “We need to vote on equal marriage today. Every single member of Congress should be willing to go on the record. And if there are Republicans who don’t want to vote on that before the election, I assume it is because they are on the wrong side of history.”

The bill to protect marriage equality would do just that, protect marriage for all people, no matter who they are or who they love. Known as the Respect For Marriage Act, this bill would make it so that “No person acting under color of State law may deny full faith and credit to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State pertaining to a marriage between two individuals, on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals; or a right or claim arising from such a marriage on the basis that such marriage would not be recognized under the law of that State on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals.”

Recent polls have indicated that most Americans, at least 71%, do support this human right and, therefore, agree that this bill must be passed.