LINCOLN- Patty Pansing Brooks described Republican Rep. Mike Flood's vote against a bill designed to protect the continued legality of same-sex and interracial marriages as "highly alarming."

And that "tells us how much he is willing to march lockstep to follow his party leaders," Pansing Brooks said.

Forty-seven Republican House members voted for the bill, the Lincoln state senator noted. Republican Don Bacon of Omaha, who represents Nebraska's 2nd District, was among those who broke with his party's majority and supported the measure. Rep. Adrian Smith, the 3rd District GOP congressman, voted no.

The bill was approved on a 267-157 vote, with the top two Republican leaders in the House voting no.

Pansing Brooks described the bill as "a simple acknowledgment of the current law of the land."

In a statement responding to the criticism, Flood said the proposal was rushed to the floor and is "just a political ploy."

"The Supreme Court has made clear that nobody's marriage is under threat, and to insinuate otherwise isn't just inaccurate — it's cruel, hateful fearmongering," he said.

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