Posted by
Billy on Friday, February 12, 2010 1:03:18 PM
Iowans will not have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment for marriage
protection anytime soon.
Two rules were invoked in the State House to force a vote to send
the proposed amendment to the people -- to no avail.
"Unfortunately,
we only had one Democrat who joined the Republicans in voting for marriage, and
so almost to a person, the Democratic Caucus voted 'no' on marriage," reports
Bryan English of the Iowa Family Policy Council. "And
because they are the majority party and they have more votes, the marriage
amendment did not proceed."
(It is too bad the voters of Iowa won't get a chance to vote on this issue thanks to politics. The voters of Iowa should remember this because no Democrat State House member except one should be able to say they supported the right of voters to have a say on this issue.Read more on this issue Iowans
stymied on marriage amendment vote.)