Iowa GOP candidates upping anti-gay marriage rhetoric

April 09, 2010

As posted by Carols Santoscopy for On Top Magazine with h/t to Omaha World-Herald:

"Iowa candidates vying for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination are ratcheting up their anti-gay rhetoric and fulfilling a promise to make the denial of the freedom to marry a central issues in this year's race.

"On Friday, Iowa State Representative Rod Roberts added the latest twist. Appearing before a gathering of about 30 people at Jonesy's Taco House, Roberts said that if elected he would withhold his signature from the state budget until lawmakers agree to allow Iowans a vote on the issue.

"Social conservatives are livid with Democrats, who control the Legislature, for blocking Republican-led efforts to begin the multi-year process to amend the Iowa Constitution. Before appearing on the ballot, the measure needs the approval of two consecutive sessions of the Legislature, making 2014 the earliest voters could see the measure at the ballot box.

“ 'It's clear people want to weigh in on that discussion, and they should,' the Omaha World-Herald quoted Roberts as saying."

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