(Apologies for the truncated subject. I ran out of room.)
Gay marriage foes push back to oust Iowa justices
Stung by a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage in Iowa last year, out-of-state convervative groups have been pouring time and money into an effort to unseat three of the court’s seven justices.
At a Statehouse rally Monday to kick off a bus tour, gay marriage opponents pleaded their case for why voters on Nov. 2 should opt not to retain Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, and justices David Baker and Michael Streit. Iowa voters have never ousted a state Supreme Court justice.
“I can’t overstate the significance of what is about to happen in Iowa,” said Brian Brown, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage. “The whole country is looking at you. This cannot be overstated.”
At a counter rally about 100 yards away, organizers argued that anti-gay rights groups that have been spent more than $600,000 to oust the justices are only focused on the one issue and don’t care about the damage they’ll do to the state’s judicial appointment process.
http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-marriage-foes-push-back-to-oust-iowa-justices/