Senator Mike Gronstal Obstructs Vote of the
People of Iowa on Marriage Amendment
Sen. McKinley: “We have had the Legislature and the governor decide in favor of traditional marriage and we have now had seven judges in black robes decide the opposite way and I believe the final arbiters of this important decision should be the people of Iowa”
DES MOINES, IA – Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) today formally asked Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) on the floor of the Iowa Senate why he is obstructing a vote of the people of Iowa on an amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
When Iowa’s Defense of Marriage Act overwhelmingly passed the Iowa Senate in 1998, Senator Gronstal voted in support of traditional marriage. Today, he is the only person in the Iowa Senate standing in the way of allowing three million people a chance to have their vote.
“We have had the Legislature and the governor decide in favor of traditional marriage and we have now had seven judges in black robes come down in another way and I believe the final arbiters of this important issue should be the people of Iowa,” said McKinley. “Iowa is a sovereign state and I will accept the will of the people but we will not know the will of the people until a vote of the people is taken and it is wrong for Sen. Gronstal to obstruct that vote.”
McKinley said he believes that if Senate Majority Leader Gronstal were to allow a vote in the Iowa Senate, there would be 26 votes to pass it and therefore start the process of amending Iowa’s Constitution.
You may contact Senator Gronstal at mike.gronstal@legis.state.ia.us or by phone at 515-281-4610.
People of Iowa on Marriage Amendment
Sen. McKinley: “We have had the Legislature and the governor decide in favor of traditional marriage and we have now had seven judges in black robes decide the opposite way and I believe the final arbiters of this important decision should be the people of Iowa”
DES MOINES, IA – Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) today formally asked Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) on the floor of the Iowa Senate why he is obstructing a vote of the people of Iowa on an amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
When Iowa’s Defense of Marriage Act overwhelmingly passed the Iowa Senate in 1998, Senator Gronstal voted in support of traditional marriage. Today, he is the only person in the Iowa Senate standing in the way of allowing three million people a chance to have their vote.
“We have had the Legislature and the governor decide in favor of traditional marriage and we have now had seven judges in black robes come down in another way and I believe the final arbiters of this important issue should be the people of Iowa,” said McKinley. “Iowa is a sovereign state and I will accept the will of the people but we will not know the will of the people until a vote of the people is taken and it is wrong for Sen. Gronstal to obstruct that vote.”
McKinley said he believes that if Senate Majority Leader Gronstal were to allow a vote in the Iowa Senate, there would be 26 votes to pass it and therefore start the process of amending Iowa’s Constitution.
You may contact Senator Gronstal at mike.gronstal@legis.state.ia.us or by phone at 515-281-4610.
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