The first test in the Iowa Senate on the issue of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage could come as soon as Thursday, lawmakers said today.
Minority Republicans who support a constitutional prohibition on same-gender marriage are accusing leaders of the Democratic majority of parliamentary maneuvering intended to prevent the issue from coming to a full Senate vote. Democrat leaders strongly deny such an effort is underway and say that they are only following traditional policies of running the Senate that have been in place for decades.
However, Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal, a Council Bluffs Democrat, has previously vowed to fight Republican efforts to push for a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Gronstal has said he won’t allow discrimination to be placed in the Iowa Constitution.
Full Story from The Des Moines Register
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