Supporters of equal marriage rights held a counterpoint press conference outside of the Capitol where protesters rallied for amending the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage.
“The truth needs to be told. Bob Vander Plaats needs to get a real job instead of working on spreading a message of hate and discrimination,” Sen. Matt McCoy, D-Des Moines and the Legislature’s only member who publicly acknowledges he is gay, said at the conference.
Calla Rongerude, the interim director of One Iowa, the state’s largest civil rights group focused on gay and lesbian issues, said the heart of the issue shouldn’t be about political theater but rather the families and importance of equal marriage rights.
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