{"id":506092,"date":"2020-10-14T18:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/lindsey-graham\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:44","slug":"lindsey-graham","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/lindsey-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201410.11.20<\/a>\u2014Responds to LGBTQ voter asking about how his marriage to his husband and other LGBTQ rights will be defended, Sen. Graham defends people opposed to marriage equality as \u201cnot bigots\u201d and \u201cnot neanderthals\u201d and tells the voter, \u201cI\u2019ve tried to be tolerant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201410.12.20<\/a>\u2014Opens hastened confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court with active COVID-19 infections<\/a> among Judiciary Committee members. Chairman Graham refuses<\/a> to take a COVID-19 test to ensure the safety of a debate with his challenger or the safety of the confirmation hearings. Sen. Graham had pledged<\/a> in 2016 that Supreme Court nominations should not be made in an election year. Millions of Americans are early voting<\/a> in the 2020 election, and polls show<\/a> Americans want the winner of the 2020 election to nominate the next Supreme Court justice. Chairman Graham asks<\/a> Barrett how landmark rulings like Obergefell<\/em> could be overturned.<\/p>\n

\u201410.14.20<\/a>\u2014In day three of the Barrett hearings, attempts to link the Court\u2019s landmark marriage equality ruling to legalizing polygamy. Chairman Graham had also attempted this question and linkage<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201406.03.20<\/a>\u2014Signs brief<\/a> to U.S. Supreme Court to defend taxpayer-funded agency\u2019s right to discriminate against qualified same-sex couples looking to become foster parents, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201403.15.19<\/a>\u2014Graham did not return a reporter\u2019s request for comment regarding whether he, as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, would allow consideration of the Equality Act<\/a>, offering LGBTQ people protection against discrimination in areas like public accommodations, employment, housing, and credit.<\/p>\n

\u201406.17.15<\/a>\u2014Co-sponsored the First Amendment Defense Act, which seeks to create an exemption to nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people by those citing a religious-based objection to marriage equality.<\/p>\n

\u201401.28.15<\/a>\u2014While questioning Loretta Lynch during her attorney general nomination hearing, Graham compared same-sex marriage to polygamy. \u201cWhat legal rationale would be in play that would prohibit polygamy?\u201d he asked. \u201cCould you try to articulate how one could be banned under the Constitution and the other not?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201406.26.15<\/a>\u2014Following the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges<\/em>, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, Graham released a statement calling himself \u201ca proud defender of traditional marriage\u201d and stressing his support for \u201creligious liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201401.29.13<\/a>\u2014Graham opposed adding same-sex couple protections to an immigration reform bill, saying it would cause bipartisan talks to fall apart.<\/p>\n

\u201411.07.13<\/a>\u2014Graham voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act<\/a> (ENDA), which would have prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.<\/p>\n

\u201406.26.13<\/a>\u2014When the Supreme Court ruled against DOMA<\/a>, Graham expressed his disappointment in the decision, saying in a statement that he believed in \u201ctraditional marriage,\u201d and noting he voted for the law, as well as wrote a brief to the Court expressing his desire to see it upheld. \u201cOne key point, today\u2019s Supreme Court ruling will not change South Carolina law and I will continue to fight for and defend the traditional definition of marriage,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201412.18.10<\/a>\u2014Voted against allowing gay and bisexual people to openly serve in the military by opposing the repeal of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell.\u201d The Senate voted in favor of the repeal<\/a>, with eight of Graham\u2019s Republican colleagues voting to repeal the discriminatory policy.<\/p>\n

\u201405.18.06<\/a>\u2014Voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution, and released a statement expressing his support of the legislation, claiming it was needed because, as he put it, \u201cTraditional marriage is now under attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201409.13.00<\/a>\u2014argued against federal hate crime legislation, saying it was not needed and that it would \u201cdivide Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201407.29.99<\/a>\u2014Voted in favor of an amendment<\/a> to prohibit same-sex couples from adopting in Washington, D.C<\/p>\n

\u201405.14.96<\/a>\u2014Graham co-sponsored the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), defining marriage as between a man and a woman, which was signed into law in 1996.<\/p>\n

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