Press release: Iowa Supreme Court Rules in Marriage Case

Iowa Supreme Court ^ | 04/03/2009 | Iowa Supreme Court

[seatrout]

This also increases the likelihood that the US will be a target of Muslim terrorism. The Muslims (correctly) see homosexuality as an abomination. They won’t take kindly to rulings like this.

[iowamark]

Currently, the Defense of Marriage Act(DOMA) prevents the Federal government from recognizing homosexual marriage. However, with the Congress and President that we now have, DOMA will probably be repealed soon.

[HoosierHawk]

If equal protection applies to activities that may be approved by a court, then the phrase “equal protection” no longer has any meaning.

[Lockbox]

Why bother getting married at all, when marriage is undefined?

Don't forget the income tax implications for high wage earners now coming from Zero.......

[Professor_Leonide]

Gay marriage is coming. Well, if it helps us dissolve the present corrupt union and form a smaller republic then it was a good thing.

What date should we put on the death certificate? What date did the U.S. die on?

[FlashBack]

Excellent post...right to the heart of the argument!

[DouglasKC]

These reasons, the court found, must be something other than the preservation of tradition by itself. “When a certain tradition is used as both the governmental objective and the classification to further that objective, the equal protection analysis is transformed into the circular question of whether the classification accomplishes the governmental objective, which objective is to maintain the classification.” Here, the County offered no governmental reason underlying the tradition of limiting marriage to heterosexual couples, so the court proceeded to consider the other reasons advanced by the County for the legislative classification.

This is exactly the conclusion that is reached when God is removed from the equation. Tradition is simply tradition. It has no bearing. It is changeable. It is transient. If people want to rely on marriage (or anything else) as a tradition and not as a God created and God sanctioned event then this is the inevitable result.

[seatrout]

Sometimes you have to look at the silver lining just to get through the day.

[BlueStateBlues]

Yikes, Iowa. Can’t keep them down on the farm when they meet the wild folks in Iowa City.
This is horrible news, but I’m getting a little used to it. Ice cubes clinking.

[Beagle8U]

Well, if the Iowa queers move to Michigan they will be divorced as soon as they cross the state line.

We banned queer marriage and queer partnerships, or anything else of a similar nature.

[ConservativeMind]

Watch for people marrying their dogs, horses, etc.

After all, animals deserve love, too.

[Nevadan]

The only way anyone can support same-sex marriage is if one believes that marriage can be defined in any way one wants. The state of Iowa and the other states that have “legalized” same-sex marriage have just removed any logical and legal barrier to restricting marriage in any way. It will eventually be “designer” marriage.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

The Good Lord will bring down His wrath on Iowa. Expect crop failures, floods, or locusts. God is not mocked.

[BunnySlippers]

NO ONE is being denied the right to marry. If you are a man, you can marry a woman. If you are a women, you can marry a man.

But no one is being denied the right ot marry.

[seatrout]

Exactamundo!

[seatrout]

—We banned queer marriage and queer partnerships, or anything else of a similar nature.—

Better hope your state Supreme Court feels the same way. This entire mess illustrates why the concept of judicial review is a curse. Why do we tolerate a doctrine which impinges so cruelly upon the will of the masses; this will being the very foundation of a representative republic.

[ltrman61]

This state is becoming more and more a bastion of liberal activism. This action was originally brought by a gay activist group in New York. A court has no right to make law! It’s time for people to realize that and stand up! It’s the constant drip drip of the dismantling of the Constitution! It must stop!

[Lou Budvis]

“So why limit that version of marriage to just two people? How about a menage a trois?”

Every dark cloud has a silver lining ;)

[Deb]

Any state that keeps electing Tom Harkin deserves no pity.

[Beagle8U]

“Better hope your state Supreme Court feels the same way.”

It doesn't matter what they think, we changed our constitution.