HARRISBURG — An openly gay Pennsylvania lawmaker has asked the House of Representatives to censure state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, who prevented him from making floor remarks about the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling.

Rep. Brian Sims, D-Philadelphia, asked the chamber at the close of a session Thursday to reprimand Metcalfe. The action followed an interview Metcalfe, of Cranberry Township, gave to a radio station to explain why he prevented Sims from speaking on the topic during a session a day earlier.

“His comments did not live up to the standards set by this body,” Sims said on the floor.

Metcalfe told WHYY-FM, a National Public Radio station in Philadelphia, that Sims’ comments would have been “open rebellion against God’s law.” He told The Associated Press late Thursday that he stood by those remarks.

“For me to allow him to say things that I believe are open rebellion against God are for me to participate in his open rebellion,” Metcalfe told the AP. “There’s no free speech on the floor.”

Members have the right under House rules to veto another’s remarks under “unanimous consent.” When Sims got up to speak Wednesday, Metcalfe and at least one other representative withdrew their consent. Sims spoke Thursday on the floor under a different rule, “point of personal privilege.”

On Thursday, House Speaker Sam Smith, R-Jefferson, told Sims the proper procedure would be either to go through the Ethics Committee or to seek a House resolution. Sims said he plans to pursue the matter.

“This is a guy who hates women, he hates gay people, he hates minorities and he hates immigrants,” Sims said.

Metcalfe said he regularly attends a nondenominational Christian church near his home. He said the comments Sims would have made about the high court’s decisions would have been “ultimately offensive to the majority of my constituents, and myself.”

Metcalfe said “there were many” of his fellow Republicans who shared his objections, while Sims said he “spent all day yesterday hearing from Republicans” who sided with him.

Sims announced Thursday he would introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriages in the state.

Last year, Sims defeated the incumbent in his downtown Philadelphia district to become the first openly gay candidate elected to the General Assembly.