Here's your weekly selection of highlights from the Crosstalk news desk as presented by Jim-----The U.S. Senate is likely to delay a vote on the so-called Respect for Marriage Act until September.----Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin appears to be -back-peddling- on his apparent support for the Respect for Marriage Act.----85 national and state organizations have signed a letter written by the Alliance Defending Freedom sent to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell denouncing the ironically named Respect for Marriage Act -HR8404- urging him and his U.S. Senate colleagues to reject it.----Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced that she was on board with the tax increases and increased spending contained in the falsely named Inflation Reduction Act.----Several state coal groups have blasted Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia for sponsoring a bill that will severely threaten the industry.----After 5 years of litigation and a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the Christian flag flew at the Boston City Hall Plaza public forum flag pole. ----The Biden administration declared the current breakout of Monkeypox a public health emergency. ----Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued an emergency declaration this morning due to the Monkeypox outbreak as the number of cases topped 200.----Almost 100- of Monkeypox cases have occurred in men, and according to the WHO, at least 95- of those have occurred due to homosexual activity.----President Biden announced that Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul.