Iowa? Hardly a bastion of liberalism, but a Polk County district court judge has ruled in favor of six gay couples who were denied marriage licenses and struck down the Iowa laws banning gay marriage.
The immediate reaction by politicians in the state has been to declare an intention to appeal and also to begin work on an amendment to the state constitution. Be that as it may, at least for the moment, gay couples are applying for marriage licenses in Iowa.
Twenty or thirty years from now folks will be wondering what all the fuss was about just like most of today’s youngsters are wondering what all the civil rights fuss was about.
Jim Crow isn’t dead, he’s just retreated a bit. He’s laying low and pretending he’s only opposed to gays just like the bible says he should be. In the 1850’s he said the bible told him blacks were meant to be slaves. In the 1950’s he said the bible told him to segregate blacks.
When will we ever learn? Discrimination is discrimination. Feel free to believe that homosexuality is immoral. Just don’t forget that it’s only your opinion.
I think the judge was right. I hope that the Iowa Supreme court upholds his decision and the good people of Iowa ignore the rhetoric and let stand the extension of the protections of marriage to their fellow citizens.
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