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How senators 'defied political gravity' to protect same-sex marriages

Por: Los Angeles Times Politics December 09, 2022

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Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on the Senate floor, but her mind was on the other side of the Capitol. The House was voting that July afternoon on Democratic legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to an abortion. And it was suddenly winning more Republican votes than Baldwin — or anyone else — had expected. Baldwin, who became the first out gay... + full article



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