[ADVERTISEMENT]

Heartland Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual News - ACCESSlineAMERICA.com

Never miss an issue! Subscribe to ACCESSline for $42 per year!

Friday, May 24th

You are here: Iowa LGBT News LGBT newsflashes Gronstal: Gay marriage ban won't be debated (WCFCourier)

Gronstal: Gay marriage ban won't be debated (WCFCourier)

E-mail Print PDF

The leader of the Democrat-controlled Iowa Senate vows to continue to block any attempts to ban same-sex marriage.

Sen. Mike Gronstal said this week that he will not allow a vote on an amendment to the constitution that would ban gay marriage.

"I'm not going to be a part of putting discrimination into the state's constitution," he said.

Gronstal has stuck to his guns even as opponents of same sex marriage have singled him out as a target of attacks. Bob Vander Plaats, leader of The Family Leader, has previously said Gronstal will be a prime target for defeat in the 2012 election.

[...]

Complete article at WCF Courier : http://bit.ly/xJyLR0