%IN CONGRESSIONAL NEWS, THE U.S.
%HOUSE THIS WEEK PASSED THE
%RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT,
%LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE
%THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
%RECOGNIZE THE VALIDITY OF
%SAME-SEX AND INTERRACIAL
%MARRIAGES.
%U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MARK POCAN
%OF WISCONSIN'S SECOND DISTRICT
%WAS A SPONSOR.
%>> THIS IS A SIMPLE BILL.
%WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT
%CURRENT LAW ON MARRIAGE IN THIS
%COUNTRY, WHICH INCLUDES FOR THE
%LGBT AND INTERRACIAL COUPLES
%ACROSS THE NATION.
%MY FRIEND FROM OHIO SAID THIS
%BILL IS UNNECESSARY.
%THIS BILL IS VERY NECESSARY,
%BECASE THE EXTREMIST PACKED
%SUPREME COURT RECENTLY TOOK AWAY
%A HALF A CENTURY OF LAW ON ROE
%AND IN THAT DECISION, JUSTICE
%CLARENCE THOMAS SAID THEY SHOULD
%REVISIT IT ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
%WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE AND
%SENATE LIKE SENATOR TED CRUZ WHO
%SAID THE EXACT SAME THING.
%HERE'S WHAT I WANT, MY
%HUSBAND -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE
%MY HUSBAND PHIL CAN VISIT ME IN
%THE HOSPITAL, I WANT TO MAKE
%SURE MY HUSBAND IS TAKEN CARE OF
%JUST LIKE YOUR SPOUSES ARE TAKEN
%CARE.
%IF I WAS THE ENTITY ON THE OTHER
%SIDE OF THE AISLE, I'D BE MORE
%CONCERNED WITH MY OWN MEMBERS
%ACCUSED OF HAVING COCAINE FUELED
%ORGIES THAN WORRYING ABOUT THE
%MORALITY OF MY MARRIAGE.
%I YIELD BACK.
%>> FIFTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE
%BRYAN STEIL WAS THE LONE
%WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN WHO VOTE
%THE IN FAVOR OF THE BILL, IT NOW