Utah's Senator Mitt Romney has announced that he will oppose the Equality Act unless it includes language that would allow Christians to discriminate against LGBTQ people. The bill is a priority for the Biden administration and Romney’s vote could be critical to passage.
While there is a path around Romney’s roadblock, out bisexual Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) could sink the proposed legislation altogether. Romney spokesman Arielle Mueller said yesterday “Sen. Romney believes that strong religious liberty protections are essential to any legislation on this issue, and since those provisions are absent from this particular bill, he is not able to support it.”
The Equality act is expected to easily pass the House and a handful of GOP senators have pledged their support ensuring the bill would pass. But Republicans have pledged to use the filibuster, a procedural tactic to obstruct legislation, requiring Democrats to find 60 votes to end the filibuster and vote on the bill itself. It does not appear that 10 GOP senators will vote in favor of LGBTQ rights to ensure passage. Since 60 votes are required to stop debate on most issues, Republicans can hang together and effectively block any legislation they don’t like from passing, even though they are in the minority. That means that most of the Biden administration’s agenda – including LGBTQ rights – is hostage to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s whims. Since they control the chamber, Democrats could get rid of the filibuster allowing bills prioritized by the Biden administration to become law, but two Senators have repeatedly said they would not vote to end the filibuster: Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sinema. Both say that they support the Equality Act. But both are willing to let it go down in flames to preserve an archaic Senate procedure.
Mitt Romney Will Oppose Equality Act Unless Christians Get A Right To Discriminate
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