Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On MAGA Radicals In Congress And On The Supreme Court Threatening Marriage Equality And Access To Contraceptives

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor today ahead of House votes to enshrine the fundamental right to marriage equality and contraceptives following the revocation of rights by the Supreme Court in the Dobbs decision and remarks from extreme Republicans threatening both access to contraception and marriage equality. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

This week, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on two pieces of legislation that will enshrine some of the most fundamental rights that every American should enjoy: the right to marriage equality and access to contraceptives.

These votes come at a disturbing and dangerous moment for our country: a few weeks ago, the Supreme Court concluded one of its worst and most destructive terms in history.

Casting aside a half century of precedent, a conservative majority on the Court shamefully and disgustingly eliminated the fundamental right of women to make their own decisions regarding their bodies.

It is a decision that will live in infamy. An indelible stain on the legacy of highest court in the land that will not be erased.

Alarmingly, the nightmare is very likely far from over. The MAGA Republicans on the court—and the MAGA radicals that are taking over the Republican Party—have made it abundantly clear they are not satisfied with repealing Roe.

As I said, it's an indelible stain and the attempts by some to talk it away and erase it will not happen because it's such a bad stain.

Anyway, the MAGA radicals that are taking over the Republican Party have made it abundantly clear they are not satisfied with repealing Roe.

As many have openly said, they have now turned their attention now on the Obergefell decision and marriage equality.

A few days ago, the Junior Senator from Texas said that the Supreme Court’s decision protecting marriage equality was “clearly wrong” and argued that partisan state legislatures should determine who can or cannot get married. Other MAGA Republicans have echoed the same thing.

We need to pause and think about how unhinged, unhinged this idea truly is.

Fresh off repealing the rights of every single woman in this country, MAGA Republicans now want to reopen the doors for discrimination and hatred targeted against same-sex couples. Even one of the Justices on the Supreme Court indicated in his opinion that gay marriage should be reconsidered by the courts. 

This is the future that MAGA Republicans clamor for: where women and same sex couples are branded as second class citizens. If they succeed, they will take our country down a dark path from which there may be no return, although we will fight it tooth and nail. Every single American should stand in opposition against these MAGA Republican views.

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