UPDATE 11:00PM -
A joint resolution sponsored by 18 Senate Republicans was introduced Thursday proposing a constitutional amendment specifying marriage between one man and one woman as the only legal union that is valid or recognized in the state.
“This starts the ball rolling. It’s imperative that the citizens of the state of Iowa have something that they can point to as a mechanism to start the ball rolling,” said Sen. Merlin Bartz, R-Grafton.
“Now that we’ve had this introduced in the Senate, they’ll have the opportunity to contact their legislators and ask them to support the Senate joint resolution,” he added.
However, Bartz conceded Senate Joint Resolution 2001 faces nearly insurmountable odds in being debated during the 2010 session — given the steadfast opposition from Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs.
A crowd gathered to express their rage towards homosexuals having been given the right to get married in their state. This group is seeking a ballot measure to repeal marriage equality by popular vote in 2014, the soonest they could possibly get it on the ballot. Thank God those Iowans have their shit together in the state house and understand that equality should never be subject to the whims of the majority.
Watching this, I kept waiting for them to haul out the pitchforks!
HA HA screw them!! I’m going to my first gay wedding in March. These people can just suck it up!!!!!!!!!