Iowa’s amendment process is very different. It takes several years to go through the process, so gay marriage will be legal there for at least a few years.
“Iowa’s amendment process is very different. It takes several years to go through the process, so gay marriage will be legal there for at least a few years.”
This is not the whole truth at all. There are multiple legal avenues. The legislature can pass an emergency act within 48 hours, the Governor can also pass an emergency executive order, the Courts can issue a stay based on the damage the ruling will cause to religious institutions (a bright line federal right). Religious freedoms have the highest priority in our Constitution and therefore have numerous venues of protection. Believe me, these sham homosexual ‘marriages’ will be shut down before the end of the month.
“Iowa’s amendment process is very different. It takes several years to go through the process, so gay marriage will be legal there for at least a few years.”
Yes, changing the state constitution in Iowa is a lengthy process. It has to be approved in TWO CONSECUTIVE legislative sessions, and then has to be put to a public vote. So unless it is taken up immediately in the legislative session that is about to end, gay marriage will be legal in Iowa until at least 2012.
Here's Article X, Sections 1 & 3 of the Iowa State Constitution:
§ 1. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the general assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election, and shall be published, as provided by law, for three months previous to the time of making such choice; and if, in the general assembly so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to, by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the general assembly to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner, and at such time as the general assembly shall provide; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments, by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the general assembly, voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution of this state....
§ 3.At the general election to be held in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy, and in each tenth year thereafter, and also at such times as the general assembly may, by law, provide, the question, "Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution, and propose amendment or amendments to same?" shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote for members of the general assembly; and in case a majority of the electors so qualified, voting at such election, for and against such proposition, shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, the general assembly, at its next session, shall provide by law for the election of delegates to such convention, and for submitting the results of said convention to the people, in such manner and at such time as the general assembly shall provide; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments, by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the general assembly, voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution of this state.
If two or more amendments shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be submitted in such a manner that electors may vote for or against each such amendment separately.
Simply overthrowing that State government would be quicker.