Iowa Gay Marriage Foes Trying to Take Over Legislature

Anti-gay marriage groups are ratcheting up their efforts to influence the Iowa Legislature in an effort to repeal gay marriage in the state. The latest evidence of such a plan can be gleaned in their backing of the candidacy of Stephen Burgmeier, a conservative Republican running for the Iowa House in a special election to be held in September. Burgmeier is facing Democrat Curt Hanson in the race to fill the seat left vacant when Democratic Representative John Whitaker was tapped to serve as the Iowa director of the Farm Service Agency. The race is the first since the Iowa Supreme Court legalized gay marriage on April 3. Full Story from On Top Magazine

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