The 12 Republican Senators Who Voted for the Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Mr. Blunt said he would support the same-sex marriage legislation after it was amended to include religious liberty protections.
58% : In announcing her support for the same-sex marriage bill, Ms. Capito said she was won over only after religious protections were added.
54% : Senator Susan Collins of MaineOne of the more moderate senators in her party, Ms. Collins was the lead Republican negotiator on the marriage bill, working closely with Senator Tammy Baldwin, Democrat of Wisconsin, to address concerns among her colleagues that the legislation would punish or restrict the religious freedom of institutions that refuse to recognize same-sex marriages.
53% : One followed the lead of his church, and others said they were concerned primarily with religious liberty protections.
49% : In 2013, she was the third Republican senator to come out in favor of same-sex marriage.
49% : In a statement, he said his vote was "much more about promoting and expanding religious liberty protections than same-sex marriage."
48% : The measure would mandate federal recognition for same-sex and interracial marriages and overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.
46% : But, he said, "the explicit protections in this proposal offer far more in the way of religious liberty protections than currently under Obergefell," referring to the 2015 Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
45% : The success of the legislation has reflected a tectonic shift in views in the United States on same-sex marriage, once a deeply divisive political issue but now something that about 70 percent of Americans -- including a majority of Republicans -- support, according to recent polls.
45% : Another of the main negotiators on the bill, Mr. Portman first said publicly that he was in favor of same-sex marriage in 2013, after his son came out as gay.
30% : His support for the same-sex marriage legislation reflects how the issue has garnered widespread bipartisan support across the country: Many people who once opposed same-sex marriage in the abstract have shifted their views on the issue because of relatives or close friends who are gay.

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