Washington DC and Iowa the same sex?

Washington DC and Iowa have same-sex?

Iowa Governor Chet Culver has made a good decision on same-sex marriage...

Culver has indicated he thinks its wrong to pass a constitutional amendment to do something the State Supreme Court has said is discriminatory...

...the Supreme Court of Iowa, in a unanimous decision, has clearly stated that the Constitution of our state, which guarantees equal protection of the law to all Iowans, requires the State of Iowa to recognize the civil marriage contract of two people of the same gender. The Court also concluded that the denial of this right constitutes discrimination. Therefore, after careful consideration and a thorough reading of the Court’s decision, I am reluctant to support amending the Iowa Constitution to add a provision that our Supreme Court has said is unlawful and discriminatory. ...

Read the whole statement here and see Towerland's lengthy blog article here.

An Iowan blogger had this to say ...

"Here's to the governor for doing the right thing. Republicans will hammer Culver for not doing "whatever it takes to protect marriage between a man and a woman," but they weren't voting for him anyway."

... And in Washington DC the city council voted 12 - 0 to extend same-sex marriage rights. It will go to a final vote on May 5. After the May vote, the City will need to have the US Congress pass it to become law in the City. The time is as right as it ever has been. If this Congress can not pass the bill, then they are a bunch of cowards.

A Congressional defeat of this local proposal amounts to the same as the veto used by Vermont Governor Douglas. The only difference is that legislators in Vermont had an appeal process to defeat the veto. Stateless Washington DCers have no such access to democracy.