On Apr 6, 7:13*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:
> Greg wrote:
> > IME Iowa is a pretty progressive state, Michael, it has more in common
> > with a relatively liberal "live and let live" northern state like
> > Minnesota or Wisconsin than it does with a fairly redneck state like
> > Mizzourah...
>
> If that were the case, why wouldn't the VOTERS have been the ones approving
> *** marriage, rather than the state supreme court? Sounds to me like the
> state is being forced in a direction that the voters don't want to go. (But
> since voters can often make stupid decisions, that's not necessarily a bad
> thing.)

The Iowa Supreme court is appointed by the governor, and they serve 8
year terms. The decision was unanimous. Courts are not supposed to
be subject to short term electoral pressures.

http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/Supreme_Court/Justices/

They are retained by the Missouri system, where voters decide whether
to give them another term. Seven justices, and one unanimous
decision. It's only a matter of time until most folks accept that
pair bonds are a source of stability, whether opposite or same sex. I
could no more *choose* to enjoy passionately kissing another guy than
a *** guy could choose to want to swap spit with a woman. Whether you
thing that God made .em, or nature evolved 'em, or anywhere in
between, people are born with sexual drives, some of which are
specific to attraction to either males or females. Scientists have
found this stuff in brain scans. I knew when I was quite young that I
had a serious attraction toward girls. For countless generations
we've had folks who are same sex oriented. Those past times were such
that being so inclined was almost universally condemned. I'm
paraphrasing the old and valid question, :"Why would any person who
has a lick of sense CHOOSE to be a part of a persecuted minority?"

The ideal is stable families, stable communities, stable states,
stable nations and a stable world, and I can't see how stable pair
bonds between same sex couples could detract from that.
>
> Bob

--Bryan