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Justus takes bus to Iowa where same-sex marriage is legal to marry partner (Missouri State Senator)
The Kansas City Star ^
| May 3, 2009
| Steve Kraske
Posted on 05/03/2009 7:27:57 PM PDT by MissouriConservative
Missouri state Sen. Jolie Justus of Kansas City on Friday boarded a bus for Iowa where same-sex marriage is legal to wed her partner of nearly two years, the Democratic senator said Sunday.
Justus said she married Shonda Garrison of mid-Missouri at a ceremony in Iowa City.
The two were one of 17 couples mostly from the St. Louis area that took advantage of the recent Iowa Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the Hawkeye State. Missouri does not recognize same-sex marriages, meaning that the marriage carries no legal weight back home in Kansas City.
The couples boarded a bus early Friday morning to make the trek to Iowa. Also on the bus were clergy members who came along to perform the ceremonies.
Justus, 38, said Friday was one of the best days of her life, but it also was bittersweet because of the marriage's non-standing in Missouri.
"We felt, though, that it was important that we be able to make that commitment to each other," Justus said. "My hope is that someday marriage will be recognized by Missouri and federally."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Iowa; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: fauxmarriage; homonaziagenda; homosexualagenda; ia2009; iowa; samesexmarriage; sodomy; unbiblicalmarriage
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To: MissouriConservative
Too bad that she and her “partner” didn’t remain in Iowa permanently.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:29:31 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Let the purging of the RINOs begin in 2010. - MissouriConservative)
To: MissouriConservative
Is it just me or is the world going crazy?
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:30:19 PM PDT
by
flynmudd
(Proud Navy Mom)
To: MissouriConservative
When does the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution kick in? We need a consitutional amendment and soon.
To: flynmudd
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:32:00 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Let the purging of the RINOs begin in 2010. - MissouriConservative)
To: flynmudd
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:33:01 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: Comparative Advantage
Supposedly the Defense of Marriage Act gave states the right to not acknowledge gay marriages in other states if they don’t wish to do so.
But that won’t hold up for long. We need it in the US Constitution but won’t get it any time soon with the congress we have yet.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:33:22 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Let the purging of the RINOs begin in 2010. - MissouriConservative)
To: MissouriConservative
We need it in the US Constitution but wont get it any time soon with the congress we have yet. With a Constitutional Amendment, thirteen states can keep any Amendment from being enacted. By the time one would pass the House and the Senate, we will have thirteen states that allow same-sex marriage explicitly.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:36:41 PM PDT
by
hunter112
(SHRUG - Stop Hussein's Radical Utopian Gameplan!)
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To: Just another Joe
Call to Missourians for this embarassment.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:38:29 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Let the purging of the RINOs begin in 2010. - MissouriConservative)
To: MissouriConservative
No wonder the country is so screwed,
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:48:06 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Venturer
“No wonder the country is so screwed”
With people like this at the state level and Pelosi and her ilk at the federal level, it won’t be much longer till we’re done.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:51:12 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Let the purging of the RINOs begin in 2010. - MissouriConservative)
To: MissouriConservative
Why/how is there any elected official in the US like this?
How/why is there a constituency in a district to elect and re-elect someone like this?
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:51:41 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. - G. K. Chesterton)
To: MissouriConservative
And the official sponsor of the wedding...
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:51:45 PM PDT
by
missnry
(The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
To: flynmudd
No everyone I talk to thinks the world is off it’s rocker and has been hijacked by GAY ALIENS....
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:52:24 PM PDT
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Separation of Church and State)
To: MissouriConservative
Jolie Justus
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:02:31 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: vox_freedom
“Why/how is there any elected official in the US like this?
How/why is there a constituency in a district to elect and re-elect someone like this?”
Unfortunately this creature is my state senator. The district is very liberal in the north where the “art and croissant crowd” house themselves. Kansas City is overrun with democrats..this is where Claire McCaskill was from and started her political career. This is the district that sent Emmanuel Cleaver, the liberalist reverend you’d ever wanna meet was a two term mayor. It’s an open sewage pit.
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:10:03 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Let the purging of the RINOs begin in 2010. - MissouriConservative)
To: fieldmarshaldj
What a silly stupid woman.
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:13:10 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Let the purging of the RINOs begin in 2010. - MissouriConservative)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Damn, she's really not bad looking (at least by comparison to the typical lesbos).
What a waste.
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:15:22 PM PDT
by
Marathoner
(The dream: 1-20-2013, hearing "I, Sarah Heath Palin, do solemnly swear...")
To: MissouriConservative
Sad, pathetic, and repulsive.
My sympathies to you and the sane minority in that district.
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:25:44 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. - G. K. Chesterton)
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