UPDATE: Republican motion to recommit, effort to kill the bill, fails.

UPDATE: Barney just gave an amazing floor speech. The video will be coming soon.

Wow, the Republicans truly are a twisted bunch. They’re arguing that a bill to outlaw job discrimination against gays will cause gay marriage. So their amendment is to send the bill back to committee to clarify that the job discrimination bill doesn’t legalize gay marriage. Wow. Hateful bunch, these Republicans. They literally had no other argument against the bill. All they can say is that it’s a marriage bill. A job discrimination bill is a marriage bill. Wow.

And as an aside, it’s always a special pleasure to see southern bigots leading the charge against a civil rights bill. Ah Virginia, you’re still for haters.