Mike Lee Urges GOP Senators Who Voted for Radical Marriage Bill: ‘Have the Courage to Protect’ Free Exercise of Religion

November 19, 2022

epublican Utah Sen. Mike Lee is urging the 12 Republican senators who voted for the so-called Respect for Marriage Act to oppose cloture on the legislation unless Lee’s amendment is added to the bill.

“The free exercise of religion is absolutely essential to the health of our Republic,” the senator wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, signed by 20 of his Republican colleagues. “We must have the courage to protect it.”

The letter is chiefly directed at the twelve Republican lawmakers voted for advancing the Respect for Marriage Act, The Daily Signal has learned.

These Republicans are Sens. Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Todd Young of Indiana.

And it is a move acknowledging that the battle over the Respect for Marriage Act is not yet over: Wednesday’s vote merely allowed the debate over the bill to move forward, and the lawmakers have yet to break the filibuster on the underlying bill. The 12 who voted for the bill still have a chance to reverse course.

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