Respect for Marriage Act: These 36 Republican senators voted against landmark bill to protect same-sex marriage

Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz are among 36 senators who voted against legislation protecting interracial and same-sex marriage.
SAN FRANCISCO– Let’s start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are working together. This time it’s about protecting same-sex marriage in the Supreme Court.
The Respect for Marriage Act codifies marriages and came amid Democrats’ fears that the same conservative majority on the Supreme Court that abolished abortion rights will target same-sex marriage in the future.
RELATED: Senate passes landmark law protecting same-sex marriages; Next comes the home registration
The version, which overcame a Senate filibuster, passed the Senate Tuesday by a vote of 61 to 36. A dozen Republican senators from across the country voted with Democrats before Thanksgiving to limit debate and move to a final vote.
The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for final approval before President Joe Biden can sign it into law, which he will do “immediately and proudly.”
Here’s a look at the group of Republican senators who voted against the bill:
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (RID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Lindsey Graham (RSC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde Smith (R-MS)
- Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Jim Risch (R-ID)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
CNN contributed to this article.
Copyright © 2022 WPVI-TV. All rights reserved.
https://6abc.com/who-voted-against-same-sex-marriage-respect-for-act-vote-senate-bill-votes/12508397/ Respect for Marriage Act: These 36 Republican senators voted against landmark bill to protect same-sex marriage