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Posted on 08-31-2007 at 09:30am
Filed Under (Relationships, Government & Politics) by Katherine Coble on 08-31-2007

Michael Not Mike is talking about the recent decision in the Iowa court which allows same-sex couples to marry.

An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution’s guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show.
The ruling was in response to a December 2005 lawsuit brought by six same-sex couples seeking to wed. They were denied marriage licenses and claimed such treatment violates equal-protection and due-process clauses in the Iowa constitution.
The court also struck down a state law declaring valid marriages are only between a man and woman.

Michael has pretty much the same reaction to this news as did I.

I’ve never been in favor the the litigation strategy to achieve equal marriage rights for same-sex couples as it feeds the fear of those that believe the “gay agenda” will be pushed on them by so-called activist courts. Voter backlash often follows.

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Comments

dolphin on 31 August, 2007 at 10:23 am #

I’ve never seen a workable strategy other than litigation. The law currently demands that all citizens be given equal treatment under the law. The law is being ignored, so legislative strategies are out the window (if one law is being openly violated by the same government that passed it, how exactly will passing more laws make a difference). I think any citizen who feels their constitutional rights are being violated ought to head to court. That’s what the courts are there for.

As for “backlash” I wrote my own post on it earlier this morning.


Andreas Cobb on 12 October, 2007 at 12:49 am #

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