How Minnesota delegation voted on Respect for Marriage Act

(FOX 9) – Fearing a conservative Supreme Courtroom majority might overturn the authorized precedent to same-sex marriage within the wake of its Roe v. Wade resolution, the Home of Representatives handed the Respect For Marriage Act Tuesday in an effort to codify authorized same-sex marriage nationwide.

The vote was 267-157, with 47 Republicans becoming a member of a unanimous Democratic caucus in supporting the laws.

Each Minnesota Republican representatives Michelle Fischbach and Pete Stauber voted in opposition to the laws.

YES: Craig, Emmer, McCollum, Omar, Phillips  
NO: Fischbach, Stauber 

“The Democrats put ahead this pointless piece of laws as a political stunt as they try and distract from their disastrous insurance policies which have been wreaking havoc on our financial system and hurting hardworking American households for the final 12 months and a half,” stated Rep. Fischbach in an announcement to Fox 9.

Fischbach represents Minnesota’s seventh Congressional district, the state’s largest Congressional district by space.

If codified into legislation, the invoice would repeal the Protection of Marriage Act of 1996, and add authorized protections for married {couples} of the identical intercourse. Identical-sex marriage stays the legislation of the land beneath the Supreme Courtroom’s 5-4 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.

“The flexibility for individuals to marry whomever they select already exists. Speaker Pelosi and Home Democrats proceed to divide our nation by re-litigating previous tradition wars. Democrats refuse to work on the true issues this nation is going through – attributable to their out of contact insurance policies. Congress ought to be centered on offering aid to American households from 9.1% inflation and report excessive fuel costs,” stated Rep. Stauber in an announcement. Stauber represents Minnesota’s eighth Congressional district.