"Watch your cornhole, bud"
Posted on 04/27/2009 11:19:29 AM PDT by lowbridge
Same-sex couples began applying for marriage licenses at government offices across Iowa on Monday, and several couples quickly tied the knot in ceremonies in Des Moines.
Melisa Keeton and Shelley Wolfe were declared "legally married" by pastor Peg Esperanaza during a ceremony in front of Polk County administrative offices in Des Moines. It didn't take long before they were referring to one another as "wife."
"It's not very romantic is it?" Melisa Keeton joked, referring to the location of the ceremony and the media attention. The couple was allowed to wed after getting a judge to waive the state's three-day waiting period before marriages are deemed valid.
The couple, who will share the last name Keeton, believed they were the first same-sex couple married in Polk County, and possibly the state, since the April 3 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage. The ruling made Iowa the third state to allow same-sex marriage, joining Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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Wow, I didn’t realize this was legal now in Iowa.
If I knew how to post a picture . . . They just kept from screwing up two guys lives. Gotta look at the bright side.
The more the left, and the rest of this country, coddles to homosexuality the more deaths of homosexuals will occur from there own chosen lust. Homosexuality is a deathstyle not a lifestyle.
So who is in charge of the kitchen "appliances" and who receives the "mail" and pays the bills only to take it in the shorts while the other takes advantage?
With gay marriage comes gay divorce.
It is impossible for an American to believe that Iowans would allow human "same sex couples" to conduct sham "marriages" of a civil ... or heaven forbid ... religious nature.
Obviously, this is a prank on the part of some wacky high-school newspaper kids, bored after a long winter of filling sandbags.
Fuggedaboutit.
and business doubles over night for divorce lawyers!
It's now officially "The Cornhole State."
The couple was allowed to wed after getting a judge to waive the state’s three-day waiting period before marriages are deemed valid.
Hmmm...now why would a judge do that if ‘mo marriage is just the same as hetero marriage?
The fine people of Iowa need a constitutional ammendment.
[So does NC: just for this reason. You never know when some lunatic justices or judges will decide for ya.]
Very true.In fact,the numbers of HIV/AIDS cases has actually INCREASED in Massachusetts since our state supremes got this ball rolling.So much for “marriage” domesticating these people.
"Watch your cornhole, bud"
Yea, ain’t that nice how that works out. Now the lawyers will get rich handling all those additional divorces and the RATS will get richer from their campaign contributions.
There you have it. There is certainly no marriage without a husband and wife. Two "wives" do not make a marriage, nor do two "husbands".
Vote in this DM Register on-line poll. When it started we were far behind. Now we’re ahead. I’m waiting for the Register to realize this is not going to look good for them and they’ll pull it. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090427/NEWS/90426009/1001/
An interesting, less publicized factoid associated with the SSM development; Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says anyone who protests or petitions the government against SSM will have their name and address published in the newspaper as “public information.” So speak up; and then expect queers with torches & pitchforks on your lawn in 24 hours.
It’s different with gays. Many times, they split without a thought about formalizing the split. Suddenly, bigamy rears its ugly head when Pete decides to marry without divorcing his first husband.
I really don’t know of any men mourning the fact that neither of these two “women” are interested in them....
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