According to a junior member from LA, divorces are now the fault of gay marriages:

But win or lose, Vitter and other supporters said it's important that the Senate debate the issue.

"We spend a lot of time here in the Capitol debating a lot of domestic and social issues, and yet so many of those issues start in the home," Vitter said. "And the greatest predictor of success in life is a strong, two-parent family and the right upbringing for a child."

Vitter said that voters in his state want "their wishes honored" on the marriage issue and are worried about seeing them overturned by judges.

Asked by a reporter how the amendment would help deal with the problem of divorce and deadbeat fathers among heterosexual couples, Vitter said it's important for Congress to deal with those issues as well.

"But I think recent history has shown that when marriage has been radically redefined, then it ceases to have any meaning and any significance in the life of a society," Vitter said.

So, he must agree with Ake's suggestion that we do away with marriage altogether!