{"id":923803,"date":"2024-11-22T09:07:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?post_type=gap&#038;p=923803"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:07:30","slug":"john-thune","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/john-thune\/","title":{"rendered":"John Thune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/john-thune-voting-record-1985455\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022. Now a federal law, the Respect for Marriage Act officially repealed DOMA and requires the federal government to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2009\/10\/on_extending_hate_crimes_law_t.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2009\/10\/congress_extends_hate_crime_la.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Signed into law by President Obama in 2009, it is a significant federal law that expanded hate crime legislation in the United States. 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