April 04, 2009

Iowa - The Las Vegas of Gay Marriage

Who'da thunk it could have happened in the good 'ole Midwest -- flyover country where most folks work hard, play by the rules, pay their bills on time and just want to be left alone to raise their families? Perhaps the "you don't bother me, I won't bother you" aspect Midwestern life is what caused the problem here. While the majority of us were living our lives and not paying much attention, Iowa's state government was co-opted by hard leftists who then populated the courts with judges who share their radical left ideology. Before you know it, you've got "gay marriage" in a previously relatively conservative Midwest state.

Iowa became the third state in the country and the first from the rural heartland to legalize same-sex marriage when its Supreme Court yesterday unanimously struck down the state's decade-long ban.

Gay advocacy groups hailed the decision as another example of same-sex marriage gaining traction in an increasing number of states, despite a ballot initiative in California last year that banned it there. They also said the emphatic ruling probably will sway other courts, including California's Supreme Court, which must decide by early June whether the November referendum was constitutional.

"Justices look at opinions from other states," said Jennifer C. Pizer, the national marriage project director for Lambda Legal, which brought the Iowa case. "There's a significant likelihood that [the decision] will influence other states, like California."

Bear in mind that this didn't come about because Iowans support gay marriage. Just like nearly every other state in the union, nearly three-fourths of Iowans oppose granting "same-sex partners" marriage rights. This came about because Iowans just didn't pay enough attention to whether the people they elected to represent them share their values -- and the fact that radical leftists such as our current governor generally lie about their political leanings on such issues. Witness the boy governor Chet Culver's cautious statements about this ruling. He's "studying" it to decide what his reaction will be. What this means is he's going to gauge the anger factor over the next few days before making any public statements. He's up for re-election next year and can't afford to muster the wrath of Iowans against him more than he already has with his tax, borrow and spend your way into oblivion budget policy.

The "gay marriage" mayhem is slated to begin in three weeks at which point Iowa will be exporting the result of the twisted leftist ideology of its judiciary to the rest of the country, making it every other state's problem.

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