Today Sweden, tomorrow… Iowa?

A long awaited and significant Iowa Supreme Court case ruling on same-sex marriage will be released tomorrow, likely at 8:30 a.m…. The case would have consequences outside the state’s borders. Iowa would become the first Midwestern state to allow same-sex marriage and the fourth in the nation if the court sides with the gay couples.

25 replies on “Gay Marriage”

  5. Iowa? My dear God. They have no morals. Why, they just want to further another step toward marrying their cows. Because that’s what same-sex marriage leads to. Marrying cows.

    I have all respect for you faggots, but you are leading to the decline of western civilization, even in such supposedly respectable states like Iowa. I’ll never be going there again.

  6. I think we should let religion have marriage, since some of ’em, in any case, seem to want it so badly. What the State currently calls “marriage” could become civil union and would be available to all the folks who have need of its protections and guarantees. This would include gay and straight couples, but why not, say, a pair of elderly sisters living together and sharing a bank account?

    For people who are already married, and who wanted to be CU’d, there could be a no-cost registration process. That way, people could have the once-in-a-lifetime option of letting their marriage “lapse” rather than going through an expensive divorce. These are tough times–one needs to think of ways to help people economize!

    People set on getting married could go to the church of their choice and do so. There are plenty of Unitarian churches that will marry queers. It would also be a way for conservative religions to protect the institution of marriage in a truly effective manner, by prohibiting divorce within their congregations.

    I’m sure this has all been proposed before.

  7. I expect Minnesota will have gay marriage before we do, mostly because the Puget Sound legislators are wusses.

  8. Dear Iowa Supreme Court Justices- please do the right thing and make us proud! (And seriously, shouldn’t we be milking that $30 marriage license fee from as many people as are willing to pay it?)

  9. Loveschild, you’re an idiot. You write, “I have all the respect for you faggots,” and then follow it up with “but you are leading to the decline of western civilization, even in such supposedly respectable states like Iowa.” I don’t even want to go in to everything wrong and hypocritical with that sentence. And if that is your idea of “respect” then I’m sure your own guardians don’t want your respect. I surely don’t.

  10. This is great! I hope Iowa gets it done. Meanwhile, whats happening with our new (full rights!) domestic partnership bill? Seems like we should be hearing more about that on slog. Isn’t it about done? I’m confused why Dan isn’t giving us daily updates.

  11. @9 – that wasn’t loveschild. Didn’t you see the name? It was someone trying to beat her ridiculousness to the punch. Satire, luckydawg, satire.

  12. Apparently, the main hang-up is wording the decision and dissent as non-offensively as possible. As I hear tell, that’s a very VERY Iowan thing to do.

    As to the decision, the pro-equality argument was well-rounded and solid, so I’m having a hard time accepting the possibility of a loss. Then again, hope for the best and all that.

    I don’t know much about the popular politics of the Hawkeye State– can they overturn this via referendum or initiative?

    In WA state news, the DP expansion bill is headed to Ways and Means for a public hearing on Monday, executive action to follow later that day I hope. Then the full House does their thing and maybe we’ll see a finished product by Friday next.

  13. @10
    We’re way too busy updating you on the going ons of Australian youth ministers and pit bulls from England. Get your priorities straight!

  14. @12: no, Iowa lacks refferendums and initiatives.

    However, we DO have the ‘missouri plan’, which means we get to vote to retain or kick them out once every 8 years.

    The right wing might try to punish justices who vote for this thing, and liberals may try to punish those who vote against.

    I suspect that the Liberals will win in the end: while Iowa is technically a ‘swing state’, it’s really a red state (the west side) glued to a blue one (the east). The east has more people, and retention is determined by the numbers.

  17. Loveschild, I’m sure you are just putting us on with this “decline of Western civilization” thing, right? Because of course you know that Western civilization began with faggotry.

  19. @14 No, Iowa does have a referendum process but a constitutional amendment would have to be approved by the legislature twice before it is presented to the voters. The earliest a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex message can get on the ballot in Iowa is 2012.

  21. I find it funny that Loveschild’s Proxy, despite being obviously satire, is still being recognized as Loveschild.

    Awesome.

  22. @19: really? I was doing some research about referrendums back when prop 8 got passed, and it seemed that Iowa was one of the no-go states.

  23. California state legislature is close to legalizing marijuana…but gays can’t get married. nice to see where our priorities lie…i support legalization of both marijuana and marriage!

  25. Leave it to Vermont and Iowa to be the most progressive states in the nation, shame on us here in California for passing Prop 9. Whether you call it Gay Marriage or Civil Union, the basic premise is that every person should have equal rights. It’s good to see that some states are progressing, I made a list on my site of the states I think will legalize Gay Marriage first: http://www.toptentopten.com/topten/first…

Comments are closed.