[DesertRenegade]

I am pretty confidant that this absurd pro-homosexual ruling can be vacated within a few weeks. The vast majority of Iowans are sickened by this type of homosexual militancy and will have no problem supporting an amendment to the State Constitution banning all homosexual 'marriages'. Let's hope this can be accomplished swiftly.

[Sequoyah101]

Why is Iowa so liberal?

[kjo]

What makes anyone, at this point, believe that a state constitutional amendment won’t be overturned by the federal courts?

[Repeal 16-17]

I believe that, according to the Iowa State Constitution, next year Iowans will be asked if they should hold a State Constitutional Convention. This ruling guarantees a majority of Iowa voters will voted “yes”.

[NinoFan]

Iowa’s amendment process is very different. It takes several years to go through the process, so gay marriage will be legal there for at least a few years.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

What makes you confident?

[devistate one four]

Marriage is between a man and woman and the king of all kings. The government can’t change that.

Judge calls out the law, we call the lord.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Churches are responsible for this mess. If any Freeper reading this belongs to any church on this list, you are partly responsible for this ruling.

These churches not only fail to teach that homosexuality is a sin, many of them even promote homosexuality and perform "same sex" unions and ordain homosexuals.

• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
• Alliance of Baptists
• American Baptist Churches in the USA
• Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
• Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• Church of the Brethren
• The Coptic Orthodox Church in North America
• The Episcopal Church
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Friends United Meeting
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
• Hungarian Reformed Church in America
• International Council of Community Churches
• Korean Presbyterian Church in America
• Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
• Mar Thoma Church
• Moravian Church in America Northern Province and Southern Province
• National Baptist Convention of America
• National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.
• National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
• Orthodox Church in America
• Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA
• Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
• Polish National Catholic Church of America
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
• Reformed Church in America
• Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada
• The Swedenborgian Church
• Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America
• United Church of Christ
• The United Methodist Church •

[trumandogz]

The SCOTUS likes the 14th Amendment and typically will side with litigants who cite the Equal Protection Clause.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I don't think so. Iowa long ago left the common sense Midwest, in favor of being more prairie populist (code for gimme federal money.)

[trumandogz]

Now Stuart, if you look at the soil around any large U.S. city with a big underground homosexual population - Des Moines, Iowa, perfect example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it, you can't grow anything in it. The government says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on, Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for gay Martians.

[reagandemocrat]

See, under the “penumbra doctrine” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, there are rights that are not specifically delineated, yet they exist and are enforceable.

Imagine the constitution is like the sun, and during a solar eclipse, though much of the sun is obstructed by the moon, the penumbra appears and is revealed; similarly, the right to engage in homosexual conduct and to be ‘married’ to practitioners thereof, appears in the penumbra of the constitution-—since the moon passed in front of it....and, it became revealed...

well, that’s the theory any way.

I’m surprised you didn’t know that.

[WOBBLY BOB]

I predict a large influx of tourist from Minneapolis.

[kaehurowing]

Judges on Homosexual Marriage in Iowa: “Rule it and they will come.”

[Centurion2000]

bump

[fwdude]

I am pretty confidant that this absurd pro-homosexual ruling can be vacated within a few weeks.

Vacated by whom? This is the top appellate court in the state.

Iowans are going to have to deal with this on their own now, if they even have the moral fortitude. In a way, they (collectively) own the culpability that lead to this travesty, and they are now embracing the fruit of their actions and inactions. Electing those whose sworn agenda is the ultimate destruction of a moral cultural framework (Democrats), they have gradually sealed their logical fate. When surrounding states were passing constitutional amendments to stem this horror, what were their representatives doing? Who are these "justices" that their governors were appointing?

It is now all but too late to take any legislative action in this session to initiate a marriage amendment, virtually ensuring that this ruling will be enacted within a few months. This will give the homo-activists a strong foot-in-the-door in the event that a marriage referendum does come down road (California?) It's always much harder to undo such a court action, especially after some time has elapsed. The homosexuals will always bellyache that a "right" is being taken away from them by "haters."