Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator is defending his no vote on the Senate’s same-sex marriage plan.
Senator Ron Johnson says there is no need to vote on the idea of same-sex marriage, he says the Supreme Court already settled the issue.
Johnson says Democrats have used the idea that same-sex marriage is in trouble “to create a state of fear” over what he calls a settled issue, in order to “further divide Americans for their political benefit.”
Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, who is the first openly gay Senator in U.S. history, voted for the plan.
Yesterday she said the Senate took a step “to give millions of loving couples the certainty, dignity, and respect.”