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Since the Rs have a majority in the Iowa Senate, the obvious question is, which RINO(s) voted against it?

[newgeezer]

I received this in today's email from Christian Coalition of Iowa. (No surprise that Mary Lundby and Maggie Tinsman are two of the four RINOs!):

In a disappointing vote the Iowa State Senate defeated a proposed state constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

Here is a breakdown of how our Senators voted on SJR (Senate Joint Resolution) 2002 (The companion bill to HJR (House Joint Resolution) 2003).

Yes (24) Republicans (24): Angelo, Behn, Boettger, Brunkhorst, Drake, Gaskill, Hosch, Houser, Iverson, Johnson, Kettering, Lamberti, McKibben, McKinley, Miller, Putney, Rehberg, Schuerer, Seymour, Sievers, Veenstra, Ward, Wieck, Zieman.

We encourage you to contact those Senators who voted in favor of this amendment and commend them for taking a stand. Contact information for all State Senators can be found at: http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/legislators.do

No (25) Republicans (4): Lundby, Redfern, Shull, Tinsman. Democrats (21): Beall, Black, Bolkcom, Connolly, Courtney, Dearden, Dotzler, Dvorsky, Fraise, Gronstal, Hatch, Holveck, Horn, Kibbie, Kreiman, McCoy, Quirmbach, Ragan, Seng, Stewart, Warnstadt.

We encourage you to contact these Senators and express your concern over their position. It is important that your views be expressed with diplomacy. This is an issue where people have strong feelings, and we must respect the feelings of others. At the same time it is important that we continue to bring the truth of this issue before our governing officials and the American public.

Conservative Senator Chuck Larson (R-Cedar Rapids) is on active duty in Iraq.