IA: GOP Concedes - No Gay Marriage Ban Vote This Year

When Gov. Chet Culver delivers his annual Condition of the State address next Tuesday, opponents of same-sex marriage from around Iowa will be there. Spearheaded by the influential social conservative group Iowa Family Policy Center, the gathering is advertised as a public call for lawmakers to pass an amendment to the state’s constitution banning same-sex marriage, the first step toward allowing the public to vote on the ban in 2012. If it doesn’t pass the legislature in 2010, the earliest it could be on the ballot is 2014. Despite the soaring rhetoric and lofty goals of the campaign, most conservatives agree — even if it is reluctantly — that there is no chance a gay-marriage amendment will pass the Democratic-controlled legislature in 2010. “There’s just no chance at all,” said Jeff Angelo, a former Republican state senator from Creston. “Democratic leaders have really put themselves out there and said they are not going to allow a vote, so it won’t happen. I think Republicans know that.” Full Story from the Iowa Independent: http://iowaindependent.com/24963/iowa-conservatives-concede-no-chance-of-gay-marriage-ban-this-year

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