Who Are the 12 Republican Senators Who Voted for Marriage Equality?

These 12 GOP Senators Supported the Respect for Marriage Act

Not all GOP U.S. senators voted against the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday. The Respect for Marriage Act passed 61-36, with 12 Republicans joining Democrats to support the bill.

The proposal will now go back to the House, which voted in favor of the legislation earlier this year but will now have to vote on the newer version passed by the Senate. Then the bill will go to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law.

And while Democrats in the Senate have supported the measure since it was proposed, it was only until after the midterms earlier this month that there were enough votes to surpass a probable filibuster -- a procedural motion that can stop bills in their tracks.

About 60 percent of Americans support a federal marriage equality law, according to a Politico and Morning Consult poll conducted last summer. Notably, the bill also protects interracial marriages.

The GOP lawmakers who voted in the affirmative were Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Joni Ernst of Iowa, and Todd Young of Indiana.

Right before the vote on Tuesday, Collins said that the bill "will advance two goals: one, the goal of marriage equality for same-sex and interracial couples, and, second, the goal of strengthening religious liberty and conscience protections."

She also expressed her gratitude to her GOP colleagues for making the bill a bipartisan effort.

"I also want to thank all of the Republicans who have supported this," Collins said. "I know that it has not been easy, but they've done the right thing."

Here are the 12 Republican lawmakers who voted in support of the Respect for Marriage Act.

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Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming

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Dan Sullivan of Alaska

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Todd Young of Indiana

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Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia

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Rob Portman of Ohio

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Joni Ernst of Iowa

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Roy Blunt of Missouri

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Richard Burr of North Carolina

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Thom Tillis of North Carolina

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Susan Collins of Maine

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Mitt Romney of Utah

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Lisa Murkowski of Alaska

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