Hooray for Iowa!

[inbhirnis]

Their Supreme Court just ruled in favor of same sex marriage.

Now - I wonder if Iowa is also hampered by a political system where a popular vote of 50%+1 vote can strip these newly won rights away?

Comments

[bear-left.livejournal.com]

I gather it's much harder to repeal than in CA - what I think I saw was a repeal would have to pass the state legislature in two consecutive sessions & then go to a referendum (which means 2012 at the earliest).

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

I ganked this (and Ian's perspective) for LJ and Facebook. Thank you both!

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

Yay for Iowa! :)

But I don't understand the complexities of your legislative system at all.

[estudioso.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic news, roy. Go Iowa!

[fba.livejournal.com]

Iowa's approach seems very sensible and isn't the fudge we have in the UK (while it is better than nothing civil partnership is a fudge in some very important ways). Marriage itself is a legal contract between two people, if they want to have it solomised by a religion then that is between them and their priest...

[shirtlifterbear.livejournal.com]

Did you see the Gay Iowan State Senator's take on it?

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/04/openly-gay-iowa-state-senator-matt-mccoy-iowa-will-not-go-back-1.html