Comes with knowing that their valid marriages will remain legally protected under federal law. I want to thank senators collins, portman, sinema, and tillis for their leadership on this important issue, and i encourage the rest of my colleagues to please join us in supporting the passage of the bill. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield theing officer the senator from utah is recognized. Mr. Lee mr. President , the Supreme Courts decision in obergefell v. Hodges is the law of the land. A single line from a single concurring opinion does not make the case for legislation that seriously threatens religious liberty. The respect for marriage act is unnecessary. States are not denying recognition of samesex marriages and theres no serious risk of anyone losing recognition. Theres not a single piece of legislation im aware of moving through the congress or any state legislature to do the same. Look, the Supreme Court majority explicitly stated in its dobbs ruling earlier this year that the oberg
Encourage the rest of my colleagues to please join us in supporting the passage of the bill. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield theing officer the senator from utah is recognized. Mr. Lee mr. President , the Supreme Courts decision in obergefell v. Hodges is the law of the land. A single line from a single concurring opinion does not make the case for legislation that seriously threatens religious liberty. The respect for marriage act is unnecessary. States are not denying recognition of samesex marriages and theres no serious risk of anyone losing recognition. Theres not a single piece of legislation im aware of moving through the congress or any state legislature to do the same. Look, the Supreme Court majority explicitly stated in its dobbs ruling earlier this year that the obergefell decision had no bearing on the recognition of samesex marriage. The proponents of this bill falsely claim that samesex marriage is under attack because Justice Thomas suggested, in a concurring opinion i
Bay area . If enough of this heat pushes far enough west, were really going to feel it. But right now, it looks like the major heat is going to be in those far inland bay valleys are inland valleys as well. Maybe 105 in livermore, 103 in livermore, Something Like that on sunday, the warmest day but in the Central Valley, where were concerned about heat advisories and excessive heat warnings temperatures could reach 110 degrees. Theres temperature potential to get 112 114 around bakersfield is really , really going to be hot, especially on sunday, but you can see again. Our story is going to be the air mass as you can see it here as you look at santa rosa saturday, 103 sunday 105 monday 105. But then look at San Francisco 81 in the middle of the heat. 81 83 80. So thats right. So if theres enough of a sea breeze san mateo, berkeley, oakland will all get more of a break. Than anticipated. Right now we are under a heat advisory or heat watch. Turn into a heat advisory as we go into saturd
And ill be on the ballot. The City Attorneys Office is investigating louis following articles written by journalist joe, with Mission Local questioning why she voted in a district other than the one she was registered in and whether her primary residences in the district she is running to represent writing lies about me. There have truth and i felt that if he was truly a journalist, then he would give me a chance. To tell him my side and also provide evidence tells me out of anger and frustration, she wrote a post on social media capitalizing the last four letters of joe s. Ganassis last name spelling unfortunate now that part of our political culture is that rather than responding to the allegations. The impulses to attack journalists is wildly problematic. Political science professor corey cooks us now it will be up to the City Attorneys Office to determine if the allegations are true. Are you legally eligible to be account in your district . And thats an empirical question that can
Negotiations as he heads to the United Nations and a possible meeting with president obama. Kenyan Security Forces remain in a tension standoff with members of the armed group, al shabaab. The gunmen entered a Shopping Mall saturday firing machine guns and toting grenades. The death toll is 50. Some hostages have been freed. Its unclear how many more remain. More from ardel walters. The siege by armed gunmen at an upscale shopping mile in Nairobi Kenya has entered the second day with no end in sight. Kenyan Security Forces find themselves at a standoff with members of al shabaab, which has claimed responsibility in attacks that killed more than 50 people and injured dozens of others. Images like these have played throughout the crisis. Others have not been so lucky. One of those injured gave a firsthand account of the carnage and tactics being used by the group. We tried escaping and they threw a grenade and the grenade, the sharp articles enter me into my hand and my leg. There were v