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Gay Marriage Updates By State

If Perry or Bachmann get reelected and have a chance to appoint Justices,rights for LGBT citizens will be sent back 50 years.
DOMA will stand,no doubt in my mind.
 
^^^Thankfully even if that happens the soonest a ban in Iowa could reach voters would be 2014 (assuming Republicans would retain majority control in the 2012 elections of course).
 
False alarm in Iowa. Even if Republicans do win the special election, resulting in a split chamber, legislation would require approval of both party leaders to be brought to the floor.

http://www.bleedingheartland.com/di...cing-iowa-senate-district-18-special-election

So barring the unlikely chance another Democratic senator resigns or dies, the vote will be pushed back another session and the soonest it could reach voters would be 2016 (assuming Republicans win both chambers in 2012 and keep their majorities in 2014).

It should be of note that the former Senator for District 18 (a moderate Republican named Mary Lumby) has a son running for a seat in the Iowa House. However, he is running as a Democrat. He says his mother (who passed away 2 years ago) would be ashamed to see what the Republican party has done/tries to do in Iowa now. He pointed to attempting to ban gay marriage as one such example.
 
scream4ever said:
False alarm in Iowa. Even if Republicans do win the special election, resulting in a split chamber, legislation would require approval of both party leaders to be brought to the floor.

http://www.bleedingheartland.com/di...cing-iowa-senate-district-18-special-election

So barring the unlikely chance another Democratic senator resigns or dies, the vote will be pushed back another session and the soonest it could reach voters would be 2016 (assuming Republicans win both chambers in 2012 and keep their majorities in 2014).

It should be of note that the former Senator for District 18 (a moderate Republican named Mary Lumby) has a son running for a seat in the Iowa House. However, he is running as a Democrat. He says his mother (who passed away 2 years ago) would be ashamed to see what the Republican party has done/tries to do in Iowa now. He pointed to attempting to ban gay marriage as one such example.
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Ah, glimmers of hope.

It would be wonderful to see the GOP collapse. Then we'd just have to get rid of the Democrats, end the two-party system, ban all organization not formed specifically for the purpose from politics, pay off the debt, raise the individual tax exemption to $20k....
 
That's some tortuous reading -- the judge went to a lot of work to make plain what he was NOT ruling on!

So -- in eleven days, unless a higher court moves incredibly fast to extend that stay, the genie is out of the bottle.
 
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hotatlboi said:
New Hampshire House committee votes to re-ban gay marriage

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/14/us-gaymarriage-newhampshire-idUSTRE78D7EO20110914

Thinking about voting Republican?

See what happens.
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It won't be repealed. Polls this year have shown consistently that New Hampshire residents oppose repeal of marriage equality by a 2-1 margin (including an even higher number of independents, a highly influential voting bloc in the state). The Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader in New Hampshire strongly do not want to waste any time on this.

Even if it does pass (highly unlikely to get a veto-override majority), our side is ready to sue, likely resulting in a stay of the law during the trial. It will be very easy to paint this as nothing more then anti-gay animus. The backers of repeal have even admitted that nothing bad has come out of gay marriage in New Hampshire.
 
scream4ever said:
It won't be repealed. Polls this year have shown consistently that New Hampshire residents oppose repeal of marriage equality by a 2-1 margin (including an even higher number of independents, a highly influential voting bloc in the state). The Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader in New Hampshire strongly do not want to waste any time on this.

Even if it does pass (highly unlikely to get a veto-override majority), our side is ready to sue, likely resulting in a stay of the law during the trial. It will be very easy to paint this as nothing more then anti-gay animus. The backers of repeal have even admitted that nothing bad has come out of gay marriage in New Hampshire.
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Anything is possible with Republicans. They do have a veto-proof majority so they can repeal it if they want.

Hopefully the public opposition will be enough to dissuade them.
 
hotatlboi said:
Anything is possible with Republicans. They do have a veto-proof majority so they can repeal it if they want.

Hopefully the public opposition will be enough to dissuade them.
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Actually maybe not.

There are still 26 Republicans left in the House who voted against repeal in Feb.
2010 (there were 39 total, but 13 didn't run for reelection). In addition, one has been elected this year in a special election who opposes repeal. Also, many Republicans who voted against marriage equality in 2009 are now on record as opposing repeal.

Also, the 4 Democrats who voted for repeal all lost their seats in 2010.

As I said, the leaders in the House and Senate oppose such action, so it's not gaining much widespread steam.

I predict that if brought to a vote next year, Republicans in droves will simply not show up to vote for it, and it will soundly be defeated.
 
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