Comments on: Minnesotans react to Iowa’s same-sex marriage ruling

By: mabs

mabs — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:31:52 +0000

Oddly enough, the world has not ended in the beautiful state of Massachusetts, the proud location of the very first state to allow gays equal protection under the law. I know it must seem weird to some of you but the institution of marriage and the idea of the family has NOT collapsed there, even though gays can now legally marry there !! Thank goodness for forward looking states like Massachusetts, where the anti slavery movement and women’s suffrage also had their start. As in those cases, hugely controversial at the time, the rest of the nation eventually followed. It’s been gratifying to see other states follow Mass., now Iowa and Vermont. Eventually, Minnesota WILL follow, though it may take many years. For now, be grateful that there are some areas of the country which truly value the Constitution and the spirit of the birthing of the U.S. — and this is taking place in the very part of the country that was the *actual* birthplace of the U.S.! It’s fascinating that where liberty had its start, now the idea of equal rights under the law continues to be upheld. Mass. leads the way, and eventually all others will follow.

By: Adam Dierksmeier

Adam Dierksmeier — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:28:16 +0000

Why is it that all of you who want to take away rights from those who want to have the same rights as everyone else wants to push their same obsolete view of humanity on everyone else??? These “anti-gay marriage folks” do not make any sense to me. Apparently we are not equal in god’s eyes.

By: John

John — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:40:48 +0000

Andrew, it’s a good thing we have courts. If we left it to the people to decide, many people would wind up with no rights (people of color, nonchristians, etc.). Majority rule does not apply to rights, otherwise the minority would never have any rights.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:13:46 +0000

To all those who advocate putting human rights up to popular vote, does that mean the 600 million gay people on Earth get to vote on your human rights? Simply outnumbering people to deprive them of their human rights to equality is completely uncivilized – no better than the Islamofascists in Iraq who vote away the human rights of minority Christians.

By: EK

EK — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:28:54 +0000

Hmmm..you want to go back and retro-vote on the United States Constitution while you’re at it?

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:03:54 +0000

Yes, Andrew, those other states should rush to change their constitutions so that they don’t have to treat all American citizens equally.

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:45:34 +0000

Wow! Minnesota is lame compared to Iowa. Iowa Supreme Court basically states that it is all about fairness (equal access as protected by our constitution), no mater how unpopular gay and lesbians are.

” the right of a gay or lesbian person under the marriage statute to enter into a civil marriage only with a person of the opposite sex is NO RIGHT AT ALL….By purposefully placing civil marriage outside the realistic reach of gay and lesbian individuals, the ban on same-sex civil marriages differentiates implicitly on the basis of sexual orientation.”

This is clear and straight-forward. To see it differently is unfair and bigoted.

By: Cleo2u

Cleo2u — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:37:38 +0000

Just because a few people in the court system have decided to “allow” same sex marriage does NOT mean all the people in Iowa like it! Wait and see how long it is before these same people are replaced in the system for just such opinions.
To be truly embraced by the majority of people in Iowa, this decision should have been voted on by the people who live in the state.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:26:40 +0000

This is a stern reminder to the approximately twenty states that do not have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage that they need to get off their backsides and do something to protect themselves from this folly. Minnesota is one of these states. Let the voters and not the unaccountable courts decide!