Iowa Catholic Conference backs constitutional convention to ban gay marriage

Dan82 · Sep 28, 2010

http://iowaindependent.com/43599/iowa-catholic-conference-constitutional-convention-ban-gay-marriage

The Iowa Catholic Conference, the political and policy arm of the state’s four Catholic dioceses, announced Monday that it is urging Iowans to convene a constitutional convention in order to eventually ban same-sex marriage.

“The ICC is encouraging Iowa Catholics to vote ‘yes’ on the decennial ballot question as a way to work with others for a marriage amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would affirm the traditional understanding that marriage is a union between a man and a woman,” said the group Call the Convention* in a press release, later adding: “For far too long, the Iowa legislature has denied the people of Iowa their voice on issues such as traditional marriage, spending limits, tax reform, term limits, and Second Amendment rights. ”

Every 10 years, Iowa voters get a chance to remake the state’s government through the constitutional convention. In 2000, the last time Iowans voted on whether the state should convene a constitutional convention, only about 32 percent supported it. However, following last year’s Iowa Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, many conservatives began openly advocating for a convention to be called as a quick method to reverse the ruling.

A push to call a convention this year has some high-profile Republican supporters, including Chuck Laudner, a former executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa and chief of staff for 5th District U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron; Robert Haus, a veteran Republican strategist who helped orchestrate the 2007 Iowa Straw Poll in Ames; Brent Hoffman, a former member of Sioux City’s city council; Patti Brown, a partner in the Iowa Policy Institute; and Craig Robinson, a conservative blogger and former political director of the Republican Party of Iowa...

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Revan · Sep 28, 2010

Yes, well, they can go f*ck themselves >_>

Emberstone · Sep 28, 2010

Revan said: ↑

Yes, well, they can go f*ck themselves >_>
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that would require they stop fucking up the lives and rights of everyone else... and you can't expect the bishops of a hierachey with a history of rape, murder, and denegration of minorities and women to just learn to shut the hell up, and stop trying to control everyones lives, often in direct contradiction to the bible and jesus christ himself.

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