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[pecunium]

iclysdale pointed to a video of the Senate Majority Leader in Iowa refusing to co-sponsor a constitutional amendment to ban homosexual marriage in Iowa.

The text is worth reading. He gets it.



One of my daughters was in the workplace one day, and her particular workplace at that moment in time, there were a whole bunch of conservative, older men. And those guys were talking about gay marriage. They were talking about discussions going on across the country.

Any my daughter Kate, after listening for about 20 minutes, said to them: You guys dont understand. Youve already lost. My generation doesnt care.

I think I learned something from my daughter that day, when she said that. And Ive talked with other people about it and thats what I see, Senator McKinley. I see a bunch of people that merely want to profess their love for each other, and want state law to recognize that.

Is that so wrong? I dont think thats so wrong. As a matter of fact, last Friday night, I hugged my wife. You know Ive been married for 37 years. I hugged my wife. I felt like our love was just a little more meaningful last Friday night because thousands of other Iowa citizens could hug each other and have the state recognize their love for each other.

No, Senator McKinley, I will not co-sponsor a leadership bill with you.

Comments

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[julieannie.livejournal.com]

That's so wonderful.

[rawbery79.livejournal.com]

I love my state. ♥

After this and watching Field of Dreams tonight, I'm on an Iowaphile HIIIIIIIIIIIGH!!

[calimac.livejournal.com]

"I felt like our love was just a little more meaningful" because other couples can have theirs too. Exactly.

Just in case you're wondering what kind of workplace that conversation took place in, his daughter is a civil engineer.

[thirstygirl.livejournal.com]

that's fantastic

[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

That link to the video actually points to your summary of the Iowa Supreme Court decision.

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Actually, it drops you to a comment on same, with a link.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Actually, it referred to a previous post, and had no link.

I have since made the link, to avoid similar confusions.

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

apparently I saw it after it got fixed, sorry.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

One small step for humanity.

[momwolf.livejournal.com]

Good on the man!

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Last year a new caucus was formed in Congress, the Gay Et Al Caucus (not the real name) led by Barney Frank. A summary of his comment about the caucus was: We just want to get married, have kids, and join the military. What could be more conservative than that?

(The full quote, as reported on his Congressional webpage, is "[O]ne very conservative Republican incumbent in Indiana warned in a radio ad [in 2006] that if people voted for his opponent, Speaker Pelosi would allow me to implement the "radical homosexual agenda." I am pleased to be able to note that the right-winger in question was literally the first incumbent to be declared defeated on election night in 2006, but this left me with a dilemma. Apparently, there were people in a Congressional district in Indiana who now expected me to produce a "radical homosexual agenda." And I didn't have one. I do have things I would like to see adopted on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people: they include the right to marry the individual of our choice; the right to serve in the military to defend our country; and the right to a job based solely on our own qualifications. I acknowledge that this is an agenda, but I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people's rights to get married, join the army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.")

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Well, that whole "earn a living" thing is getting more and more radical...

No, I got nothin' either. :-)