More good news from Iowa. Thanks to the political process in Iowa regarding ballet proposals and changes to their constitution, the absolute earliest any sort of ballot measure could happen there would be 2012, two full years from now. This is exactly the same sort of process that they have in Massachusetts and as we have seen, the sky has not fallen even after 3+ (?) years of legalized gay marriage in that state. Any proposal must be passed by two consecutive sessions of their legislature and then approved by voters. The Iowa Senate President has effectively put the breaks on any attempts to move a bill forward this session.
The words of his daughter could not be more true or pointed. Opposition to this issue is largely a generational and religious one. It’s over. You’ve lost.
I promise one of these days I’ll quit writing about politics in this blog but you’ll have to admit that it’s far more interesting reading than anything about my boring ass lame life that I live. Spring is apparently not going to come to northern Michigan this year, rather it will just continue to snow and be cold up until about June when the ice will melt and it will be in the 90′s for a week. Then the leaves will fall off, the lakes will freeze again and we will go back to huddling under the blankets to keep warm. I’m so sick of this weather I could just puke.
Looking forward to a day off on Tuesday although due to the weather, I may not do anything productive. I’m sure the folks are enjoying much better weather in Virginia.
