An ongoing Missouri Senate filibuster hit its 24-hour mark.
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An ongoing Missouri Senate filibuster hit its 24-hour mark.

Date: March 8, 2016
By: Madeline Odle
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: 
On the second day of a historic religious liberties filibuster a St. Louis County Democrat fought the idea that this bill could override the provisions set out by the U.S. Constitution.
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Wrap:  Senator Scott Sifton argued that the U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage established the LGBTQ community as a protected class.

Sifton said that the protections they recieve on the national level supersede any protections that this bill would potentially take away.

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Description: "The notion that somehow voters are going to approve this amendment and now Missourians who have a sincerely held religious belief that requires them to discriminate against same-sex couples dont have to worry about it, is naive. You're still gonna get sued, it's just gonna be the Federal Constitution claim."
Senate Republicans argued the change has nothing to do with trying to discriminate against same-sex couples.

 

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Madeline Odle.

 

Intro: 
Missouri senators argued over what made the bill discriminatory - or not - in the second day of a history-making filibuster.
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Wrap: Jackson County Democrat, Senator Kiki Curls argued that the bill was not protecting a religious belief, it was protecting a discriminatory one.

Curls said it would be different if it were purely allowing clergy or priests to refuse to marry same-sex couples, but including businesses in the mix is what makes the act discrimination.

Actuality:  CURLS.WAV
Run Time: 00:08
Description: "Senator, when you allow folks to refuse service to anyone based upon their sexual orientation or sexual preference, that would be discrimination."
Republican Senator Ed Emerey said people of faith feel it is their God-given conscience not to participate or aid in a same-sex marriage.

 

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Madeline Odle