Wagner breaks with most of House GOP to protect interracial, same-sex marriages

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In a May poll, Gallup found record support for same-sex marriages, with approval hitting 71%.
54% : A majority of Republicans became mostly supportive of same-sex marriage last year, Gallup said.
50% : In 1996, only 27% of Americans supported same-sex marriage.
47% :Public opinion on same-sex marriages has shifted dramatically over the last quarter-century, according to Gallup polling.
46% : Jack SuntrupJEFFERSON CITY -- U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner on Tuesday was the only Republican in Missouri's House delegation to vote in favor of protecting same-sex and interracial marriages.
44% : The vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law followed the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, a 50-year-old precedent establishing the right to an abortion.
44% : Republican opponents of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, insisted the court was only focused on abortion access in June when it struck down Roe v. Wade, and they argued that same-sex marriage and other rights were not threatened.
44% : Missouri voters outlawed same-sex marriages in the state constitution in 2004.
43% : In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas went further, saying other rulings similar to Roe, including those around same-sex marriage and the right for couples to use contraception, should be reconsidered.
42% : The Supreme Court in 2015 legalized same-sex marriages nationwide on a 5-4 vote in Obergefell v. Hodges.
40% : Almost none of the Republicans who rose to speak during the debate Tuesday directly broached the subject of same-sex or interracial marriage.
20% : Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said over the weekend the Supreme Court's decision protecting marriage equality was "clearly wrong" and state legislatures should visit the issue.

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