As governor, Rep. Chris Rants would be willing to veto any bill, including the budget, until lawmakers vote on giving Iowans the opportunity to amend the constitution to define marriage. “I would not let the legislature adjourn until they had a straight up or down vote on that issue,” said Rants, a Sioux City Republican seeking the party’s nomination for governor.
Giving Iowans the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment specifying marriage between one man and one woman as the only legal union that is valid or recognized in the state is a key fighting point in the four-way battle for the GOP nomination to take on first-term Democrat Gov. Chet Culver.
He would make it clear during the campaign and in meetings with legislative leaders he would hold the Legislature in session until lawmakers voted on whether the issue should be placed on the ballot, Rants said.
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