{"id":845380,"date":"2023-10-24T15:02:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T19:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?post_type=gap&#038;p=845380"},"modified":"2023-10-24T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T19:02:53","slug":"tom-emmer","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/tom-emmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Emmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Voted in favor of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/releases\/breaking-us-senate-passes-respect-marriage-act\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect for Marriage Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act and ensures that legally married same-sex and interracial couples are entitled to the same protections and recognition from the federal government as all other married couples. Emmer was among 47 Republican Representatives who voted in favor of the Act, and was the only Republican in Minnesota\u2019s delegation to vote in favor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100723184131\/http:\/\/www.emmerforgovernor.com\/issues\/socialvalues\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a state constitutional amendment banning civil recognition of same-sex marriage or its legal equivalent, stating, \u201cI believe marriage is the union between one man and one woman.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/bill.php?b=House&amp;f=HF1847&amp;ssn=0&amp;y=2007\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> HF 1847, a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution \u201crecognizing as marriage or its legal equivalent only a union between one man and one woman.\u201d Minnesota voters rejected this proposal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/emmer-votes-with-minnesotas-congressional-democrats-to-protect-same-sex-marriage\/600191947\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a candidate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for governor in 2010, received the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/national-conservative-group-backs-emmer-against-gay-marriage\/103572764\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backing of the National Organization for Marriage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for his opposition to same-sex marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":845390,"template":"","categories":[139163,139167,139451],"tags":[],"region":[138588,138565],"hashtag":[138638],"class_list":{"0":"post-845380","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-elections","7":"category-legislation","8":"category-marriage-equality","9":"region-minnesota","10":"region-national","11":"hashtag-law"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.8.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2014Voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act which repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act and ensures that legally married same-sex and interracial couples are entitled to the same protections and recognition from the federal government as all other married couples. 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