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Dick Durbin's Public Statements on Issue: Marriage

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12/08/2022 Tweet - "This is a great day for marriage equality and a historic day for civil rights in our country. The Respect for Marriage Act will ensure that same-sex and interracial marriages will be protected under federal law. Now, onto @POTUS 's desk!"
11/29/2022 Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of Respect For Marriage Act
11/16/2022 Tweet - "Proud of my colleagues for advancing the Respect for Marriage Act w/ a strong bipartisan vote. Today's vote brings us one step closer to ensuring that both LGBTQ and interracial couples will always receive equal treatment under federal law."
11/16/2022 Tweet - "Looking forward to the Senate vote to proceed to the Respect for Marriage Act today. It's time for Congress to ensure that far-right Justices on the Supreme Court cannot erase another constitutional right and put LGBTQ families at risk."
05/20/2020 Letter to Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Chairman Shelby, and Vice Chairman Leahy - Wyden, Merkley Join Bipartisan Push to Increase Funding to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence & Pets in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Implement Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
04/10/2015 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Calling for a Vote on Amendments to Budget Resolution
10/22/2014 ABC 7 Chicago - Senate Candidates Durbin, Oberweis Debate
10/22/2014 Chicago Sun-Times - At Durbin Debate, Oberweis Flips, Says He Now Backs Gay Marriage
11/07/2013 With Illinois Poised to Become the 15th State Legalizing Gay Marriage, Durbin Heralds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to End LGBT Discrimination in the Workplace
07/08/2013 Letter to Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security - Civil Rights and Marriage Equality
06/10/2013 Forty-Eighth Anniversary of Griswold V. Connecticut
03/01/2013 212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court
01/03/2013 Letter to Illinois General Assembly - Marriage Equality
03/16/2011 Senator Feinstein Introduces DOMA Repeal Legislation
02/18/2011 Durbin, Snowe, Others Introduce Bill to Eliminate the Practice of Child Marriages Overseas
12/02/2010 Durbin, Snowe Bill to Protect Women and Girls from Child Marriage Passes Senate
12/01/2010 International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010
05/06/2009 Durbin Introduces Bill to Eliminate the Practice of Child Marriages Overseas
04/18/2008 Durbin Introduces Clean Cruise Ship Act
06/07/2006 Marriage Protection Amendment-Motion to Proceed
07/13/2004 Federal Marriage Amendment - Motion to Proceed - Resumed
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