Today, I am proud to be an Iowan.
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2009-04-03 9:40 AM |
Champion 5868 Urbandale, IA | Subject: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan.
Homosexual marrriage is now legal in Iowa - or at least it will be in three weeks. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090403/NEWS/90403010 Iowa has no rules about statehood being needed to get married, so others from surrounding states are allowed to come here and get marrried, if they so wish. Congratulations to my friends that have been waiting for this for so long. |
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2009-04-03 9:43 AM in reply to: #2060350 |
Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. WOW, that's impressive! Esp. in the midwest! Go Iowa |
2009-04-03 9:52 AM in reply to: #2060350 |
Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. That's awesome! And, to celebrate, I'm gonna completely refrain from any corn state/cornhole comparisons. |
2009-04-03 9:55 AM in reply to: #2060350 |
Champion 4942 Richmond, VA | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. I saw this and was sort of surprised. Having grown up in Iowa (Eastern Iowa), my thinking is that you will now have a rush of business in Iowa City and Des Moines (a la Grinnell) - but otherwise the state tends to be a very Lutheran / Catholic "Bridges of Madison County" environment.
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Champion 4942 Richmond, VA | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. run4yrlif - 2009-04-03 10:52 AM That's awesome! And, to celebrate, I'm gonna completely refrain from any corn state/cornhole comparisons. if you want, I can start a thread about Kansas or Nebraska as an outlet for any corn humor... |
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2009-04-03 10:19 AM in reply to: #2060350 |
Champion 5868 Urbandale, IA | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. Funny that you should mention Grinnell. I have a friend that is an administrator at Grinnelll College and the phones have been exploding all day about booking the chapel on campus for weddings. He said the poor lady that is in charge of it is caught between pulling her hair out and being thrilled that so many of the former students are getting what they wanted. Spokesy, you are right. This should have happened lomg ago and they conservative republican side of the state is already moving towards a constitutional amendment, which isn't really that hard to do in Iowa. You need a simple majority in both houses of the legislature in two consecutive sesssions and then a simple majority vote by the citizens. Soonest that could happen is 2012, unless they rush it to a vote this session - which the leader of the house - a democrat - says that he will not do. No vote this session, period. For those of you not familiar with the layout of our state, there is a "major" town that is on the border of Iowa/Illinois/Wisconsin and almost Minnesota (Up in the Northeast corner) called Dubuque. Dubuque is an almost purely Catholic town. You could imagine that there would be a lot of inbound traffic from out of state to get married in Dubuque at the courthouse or another willing chapel. It sets up for some ugliness, I am afraid. |
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Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. condorman - 2009-04-03 10:02 AM run4yrlif - 2009-04-03 10:52 AM That's awesome! And, to celebrate, I'm gonna completely refrain from any corn state/cornhole comparisons. if you want, I can start a thread about Kansas or Nebraska as an outlet for any corn humor... HEY! Kansas has come a long way. We just recently passed a law where we can buy beer on... Sundays. Still can't get liquor anywhere but a liquor store though. Baby steps!
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Champion 4942 Richmond, VA | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. jdwright56 - 2009-04-03 11:19 AM ... For those of you not familiar with the layout of our state, there is a "major" town that is on the border of Iowa/Illinois/Wisconsin and almost Minnesota (Up in the Northeast corner) called Dubuque. Dubuque is an almost purely Catholic town. You could imagine that there would be a lot of inbound traffic from out of state to get married in Dubuque at the courthouse or another willing chapel. It sets up for some ugliness, I am afraid. As I grew up Catholic in Dubuque, I can definitely see potential ugliness. I have no issue with gay marriage, but I do have a sense of the religious compass of the town. Then again, I also know that there a lot of people in Dubuque with a "live and let live" attitude. We were raised to believe that ones religion is between them and God and let others live how they want to live - so who knows. See how this plays out...
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Elite 3490 Toledo, Ohio | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. Awesome!!! Congrats to everyone in Iowa. "One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him."Booker T. Washington |
2009-04-03 11:10 AM in reply to: #2060350 |
Master 1390 Ferndale, MI | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. 5 years ago, if someone had told me that Iowa would rank up there with Mass and Conn on gay marriage rights, I would have laughed my pants off. Go Iowa! |
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2009-04-03 11:28 AM in reply to: #2060350 |
Master 2009 Charlotte, NC | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. Yay Iowa!!!! |
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2009-04-03 12:28 PM in reply to: #2060350 |
Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. Wow, whoda thunk Iowa would be more progressive than us California idiots. Goodonya Hawkeyes |
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Member 34 Joliet | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. I am just thrilled by this. One of the members of our congregation came in to drop off food for the Community Food Baskets and was just so tickled that Iowa beat the rest of the midwest. Times sure are changing - not fast enough for me on this Human Rights issue - but I guess patience is needed. Congrats to Iowa! Peace ~ Charliegirl
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2009-04-03 4:55 PM in reply to: #2060350 |
Elite 3519 San Jose, CA | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. I am not on this site much anymore...with the new job, but I thought I would drop in today. It is a great day, not only for Iowa, but for all the states. Each time one state allows Same sex marriage...the country as a whole gets closer to recognizing us as equal and not second class citizens. I was lucky enought to marry in California, before Prop 8 went into effect. My dad was born and raised as a farmer in Iowa. |
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Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. I always knew my people were a reasonable folk. You go, Iowa. |
2009-04-03 9:54 PM in reply to: #2060350 |
Regular 102 | Subject: RE: Today, I am proud to be an Iowan. So glad for Iowa, Vermont just passed something similar. I am not gay but totally support gay rights. I lived in South Carolina for 4 years. I actually really liked it for the most part and would consider moving back there if the right oppurtunity came along, but there was a vote to BAN gay marriage in the state constitution. I claimed residency their so was able to register to vote and voted against this ban. Sadly, no hope. 75% of the state voted FOR the ban. Very sad, especially for a couple of friends of mine. |