edited by: Art Smith,
Iowa Editor
By Emily Geiger
Terry, Terry, Terry… how many chances are you going to need before you finally get it right?
I’m glad to hear (again) that you signed Iowa’s defense of marriage law and that you would support an amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and [...]
If the sun was out, I would probably skip writing today. Since its overcast, I’ll let you know what’s on my mind. I don’t really understand how on earth the Branstad campaign could mess up this whole gay marriage thing. Let me explain what I mean by [...]
The Iowa Family Policy Center issued the statement below today as former Gov. Terry Branstad today noted he personally supports banning same-sex marriage in Iowa.
Branstad, a Republican exploring a 2010 campaign for governor, made the position statement through staff to TheIowaRepublican.
The issue has become a potentially thorny one in [...]
The Branstad 2010 campaign has issued a statement to TheIowaRepublican.com earlier today to clarify his position on same-sex marriage. Branstad’s position on the issue has become an issue after the Des Moines Register reported that Joy Corning, Branstad’s former Lt. Governor, has recorded an automated [...]
An automated call featuring one of Terry Branstad’s former lieutenant governors asking Republicans to support same-sex marriage has drawn the ire of social conservatives.
The calls, which feature the voice of Republican Joy Corning and were paid for by gay rights group One Iowa, say the Iowa Supreme Court [...]
Former Iowa Lt. Governor Joy Corning has inserted herself right into the middle of the Republican primary for governor. Corning served as Iowa’s Lt. Governor under Terry Branstad during the final two terms of his administration. Corning, a supporter of abortion rights and homosexual marriage, recently recorded an auto-call for [...]
Yeah, this can’t be good for the Branstad campaign. Former Lt. Governor Joy Corning (pictured above with Governor Branstad) who ran with and served with former Governor Terry Branstad was making robocalls for One Iowa in support of same-sex marriage.
Jason Clayworth at the Des Moines [...]
Bob Vander Plaats of Sioux City said there’s a battle under way over the future of the Republican Party in Iowa. That future should be about standing on conservative principles, he said.
He repeated his pledge to place a stay on same-sex marriage in Iowa until there’s a vote to repeal [...]
Maine voters yesterday repealed the gay marriage law that was passed by their legislature and signed into law by their Governor, John Baldacci, last spring. Fox News reports:
Voters in the northeastern state of Maine repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, [...]
In a pair of votes that hit close to home for Iowa, voters in Maine repealed the state’s law allowing same-sex couples to get married while also voting to expand the state’s medical marijuana law.
Both issues are big topics in the Hawkeye State. The Iowa Supreme Court legalized [...]
An Iowa Supreme Court decision that granted marriage equality for same-sex couples is a key reason why residents should reject the state’s Supreme Court retention bids, Rod Roberts said in a press release this week.
Roberts, a state representative from Carroll and a GOP candidate for governor, [...]
Voters in Maine overturned legislation yesterday that would have allowed same-sex marriage. Votersyes on 1 rejected same-sex marriage 52 to 47 percent, despite being outspent two-to-one. The saying “as goes Maine, so goes the nation” might be a predictor for how Iowa voters would chose if our [...]
So far the GOP has a trifecta in Virginia winning the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General Seats. Also a big win in New Jersey as Chris Christie beats incumbant Governor Jon Corzine.
With the Virginia Governor Race: Republican Bob McDonnell trounced Democrat Creigh Deeds 59% to [...]
Rod Roberts
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rod Roberts of Carroll supports the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court justices that are up for retention votes in 2010 due to their verdict legalizing same-sex marriage earlier this year.
Roberts said he will personally vote “no” on all three [...]
I read that Atlanta might elect a new mayor who describes herself as a "'purple' fiscal conservative."
I like that description. That describes me pretty well. I strongly support gay marriage, I am devoutly capitalist, I believe in individual freedom and limited government, and I'm definitely a fiscal conservative.
"Purple fiscal'" [...]
One Iowa To Hold Public Forums on Marriage Equality
Jason (left) and Chuck Swaggerty-Morgan with their children.
The Journal this morning took an expansive look at same-sex marriage at the six-month mark of existence, following an April Iowa Supreme Court ruling. We looked at marriage licenses in 14 Northwest Iowa [...]
Chuck Swaggerty and Jason Morgan may not be a typical Iowa family, if there is such a thing, but they feel more satisfied with their lives.
In an interview with Bret Hayworth of the Sioux City Journal, the men, who were plaintiffs in the case before the Iowa Supreme Court [...]
Groups like IFPC Action and LUV Iowa have been partnering with Iowans all across the state for almost seven months now to network people and to work a strategy for passage of the Iowa Marriage Amendment. At each stop along the way, in every town meeting, and [...]
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