DES MOINES, Iowa — Republicans are again proposing a change in the Iowa Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
Rep. Dwayne Alons (R-Hull, Iowa), introduced a joint resolution Tuesday signed by 34 other House Republicans. Senate Republicans filed an identical bill last week.
The measure would begin the process of amending the state constitution to permit marriage only between a man and a woman.
The resolution would need to be passed by lawmakers, then approved by the Legislature elected in 2014 before going before voters.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Iowa since a unanimous 2009 state Supreme Court ruling, which found a law limiting marriage to between men and women violated Iowa’s constitution.
The court’s ruling made Iowa the nation’s third state to legalize same-sex unions. Nine states and the District of Columbia, now have legalized same-sex marriage.
Republicans have sought such a measure every year since the ruling, but Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, has repeatedly blocked any debate of such an amendment.
Between 2009 and 2011, there were 4,600 same-sex marriages in Iowa, according to the state’s public health department.
A 2012 poll by the Des Moines Register found that a majority of Iowans oppose passage of a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The poll found that 38 percent favor a legislative initiative to pass a constitutional amendment, while 56 percent are against.
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Ah, so my old home state wants to go BACKWARD…nice….not!
Ain’t gonna happen….
of course they do!!!
I hate republicans
Sometimes I’m embarrassed to be from Iowa.
We have so many good things going on, and so much dipshittery trying to ruin it. Ugh.
True, Carrie, but makes us all the more determined!
Iowa is a beacon for the Midwest for Marriage Equality. Other States in the area do not support Marriage Equality, so I hope Iowa does not keep going back and forth like CA has done so many times.
Amazxing! And yet the majority of their constituents OPPOSE such a constitutional amendment. Prejudice on parade!
This isn’t a politically astute or helpful comment, but…the Iowa GOP can suck a fat one.
They’re always trying to drag us backward by the hair.
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FUUUCK THAT!!! and thats coming from an Iowan!
Marriage equality brings a lot of $ into Iowa! Overnight it Changed from boring prairie state to romantic honeymoon getaway! They need that!
That’s why I shave my head, Toni. Ain’t draggin’ me backward by the hair!
Lord! When will they see that this issue is behind them!
D BAGS ALL!!!!
why can’t these assholes take on tasks that actually need to be done instead of wasting their time to un-write history!
I wounder if I’ll get a complaint for this but fuck it. He’s straight right ? A straight man trying to discriminate ? And yet straight people are not bad hmmm
Don’t worry, it’ll only last until the SCOTUS determines Prop 8 is unconstitutional due to giving rights and then taking them away!
Keep electing these dumb ass people and you pay for dumb ass people who get nothing accomplished. The days of using Gays to get reelected are behind us!
Clowns to the left, jokers to the right and here I am……………..stuck in the middle with you! sigh
Boo