Tuesday, December 20, 2022

My Take as Part of the LGBTQ community: Biden signs gay marriage law,

As a gay married guy, I was very relieved to see that President Biden signed the law protecting LBGTQ marriages.  But WHY did he have to do that? As horrible as it is, the Republican Party is out to Eradicate gay marriage now that they've eradicated the right to have an abortion. Supreme Court Justice (and Insurrection co-conspirator  with his wife Ginnie Thomas)  Clarence Thomas even said "We're coming after gay marriage next."   They will.   

    This Bill doesn't make Gay Marriage the Law throughout the U.S., Only protects them. SO if the Supreme court wipes out that right, gay couples will have to go to states that allow /recognize Gay marriage to marry. Then, their state would HAVE to recognize it. 


Here's the Associated Press story about the signing:

Biden signs gay marriage law, calls it ‘a blow against hate’ 

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press Nov. 14, 02022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A celebratory crowd of thousands bundled up on a chilly Tuesday afternoon to watch President Joe Biden sign gay marriage legislation into law, a joyful ceremony that was tempered by the backdrop of an ongoing conservative backlash over gender issues.

“This law and the love it defends strike a blow against hate in all its forms,” Biden said on the South Lawn of the White House. “And that’s why this law matters to every single American.”

Singers Sam Smith and Cyndi Lauper performed. Vice President Kamala Harris recalled officiating at a lesbian wedding in San Francisco. And the White House played a recording of Biden’s television interview from a decade ago, when he caused a political furor by unexpectedly disclosing his support for gay marriage. Biden was vice president at the time, and President Barack Obama had not yet endorsed the idea.

“I got in trouble,” Biden joked of that moment. Three days later, Obama himself publicly endorsed gay marriage.

Lawmakers from both parties attended Tuesday’s ceremony, reflecting the growing acceptance of same-sex unions, once among the country’s most contentious issues.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wore the same purple tie to the ceremony that he wore to his daughter Alison’s wedding. She and her wife are expecting their first child in the spring.

Despite Tuesday’s excitement, there was concern about the nationwide proliferation of conservative policies on gender issues at the state level.

Biden criticized the “callous, cynical laws introduced in the states targeting transgender children, terrifying families and criminalizing doctors who give children the care they need.”

“Racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, they’re all connected,” Biden said. “But the antidote to hate is love.”

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