“You just get hounded on this crap, right?” Sen. Ron Johnson says. “So just to get them off my backs, I wrote a press release, and I said I always supported civil unions.' - MaddowBlog
In July, Ron Johnson saw "no reason to oppose" the Respect for Marriage Act. Now, he's changed his mind, putting the bill in jeopardy.It was seven weeks ago when Sen. Ron Johnson surprised much of the political world with an unexpectedly moderate position. As the Senate prepared to consider the Respect for Marriage Act, codifying the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling in federal law, the Wisconsin Republican said he was prepared to support the Democratic legislation.
And yet, after saying he saw “no reason to oppose” the bill in late July, the Republican has apparently changed his mind. The Milwaukee Journal SentinelJohnson in recent weeks has noted he “never said” he would support the bill and indicated he has reservations over how the legislation could impact religious protections.
“So you just get hounded on this crap, right?” the senator said, deriding the civil rights issue as unimportant. “So just to get them off my backs, I wrote a press release, and I said I always supported civil unions. Never felt that we needed to do anything other than that.” In his public remarks, Johnson said the far-right justice was “probably right,” though the senator added that he doesn’t expect the high court to overturn its marriage equality ruling.
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