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FREEDOM OF RELIGION IS AT STAKE!

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

Mary Margaret Olohan | The Daily Signal | November 19, 2022

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee is urging the 12 Republican senators who
voted for the so-called Respect for Marriage Act
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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
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signed by 20 of his Republican colleagues. “We must have the courage
to protect it.”

The letter is chiefly directed at the 12 Republican lawmakers voted
for advancing the Respect for Marriage Act
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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
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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.

Lee’s “Dear Colleague” letter notes that Obergefell “did not
make a private right of action for aggrieved individuals to sue those
who oppose same-sex marriage” or “create a mandate for the
Department of Justice to sue where it perceived an institution opposed
same-sex marriage.”

“But the Respect for Marriage Act will,” the senator warned.
“What we can expect should this bill become law is more litigation
against those institutions and individuals trying to live according to
their sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions.”

If Congress does decide to “codify Obergefell and protect same-sex
marriages,” as the legislation proposes, Lee insisted that “we
should make explicitly clear that this legislation does not constitute
a national policy endorsing a particular view of marriage that
threatens the tax exempt status of faith-based non-profits.”

“As we move forward, let us be sure to keep churches, religious
charities, and religious universities out of litigation in the first
instance,” the senator continued. “No American should face legal
harassment or retaliation from the federal government for holding
sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions.”

Lee emphasized that his amendment
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“ensure that federal bureaucrats do not take discriminatory actions
against individuals, organizations, nonprofits, and other entities
based on their sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions
about marriage by prohibiting the denial or revocation of tax exempt
status, licenses, contracts, benefits, etc.”

“It would affirm that individuals still have the right to act
according to their faith and deepest convictions even outside of their
church or home,” the senator continued.

Lee’s amendment has been praised by a slew of conservative leaders
and commentators, including Heritage Action executive director Jessica
Anderson, who said Friday that it provides “essential protections
for religious freedom.” (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of the
Heritage Foundation)

“Anything less than the Lee amendment would give the Left yet
another opportunity to force their radical social agenda on the
American people and punish organizations or individuals who don’t
comply,” said Anderson.

CALL THESE 12 SENATORS TODAY and ask them to support Senator Lee’s
Amendment to “The Respect for Marriage Act”.

Roy Blunt          202-224-5721

Richard Burr      202-224-3154

Shelley Capito    202-224-6472

Susan Collins     202-224-2693

Cynthia Lummis 202-224-3424

Rob Portman      202-224-3353

Mitt Romney      202-224-5251

Dan Sullivan      202-224-3004

Thom Tillis         202-224-6342

Joni Ernst          202-224-3254

Lisa Murkowski  202-224-6665

Todd Young       202-224-5623

 

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