Homosexuals lobby for 'marriage' in Iowa

March 14, 2009 by Optimistic

Printer-friendly versionSend to friend

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 3/14/2009 4:05:00 AM

Iowa lawmakers are considering a bill to legalize same-gender "marriage."

The bill is sponsored in the Senate by openly homosexual member Matt McCoy, but Chuck Hurley of the Iowa Family Policy Center says the person really responsible is wealthy homosexual activist Tim Gill.

"In most states this would be laughable," Hurley contends. "[But] in the states where Tim Gill has been very successful in buying off politicians through campaign contributions, these bills have to be taken seriously."

The Des Moines Register, considered a liberal newspaper by Hurley, has taken polls on the public view of homosexual marriage. "Several of those polls have indicated that between 60 and 70 percent of Iowans support one man-one woman marriage," he explains.

Hurley notes that placing constitutional amendments before voters is very difficult because it must originate with the legislature, not the people. "They have turned down the opportunity for a marriage amendment now several times, and they have taken hundreds of thousands -- probably in excess of a million dollars now -- from Tim Gill and his friends," he adds.

The family advocate does not believe the bill will make the cut, but admits that is hardly a guarantee

Permalink