Iowa Conservatives Concede No Chance of Gay Marriage Ban This Year

When Gov. Chet Culver delivers his annual Condition of the State address next Tuesday, opponents of same-sex marriage from around Iowa will be there.

Spearheaded by the influential social conservative group Iowa Family Policy Center, the gathering is advertised as a public call for lawmakers to pass an amendment to the state’s constitution banning same-sex marriage, the first step toward allowing the public to vote on the ban in 2012. If it doesn’t pass the legislature in 2010, the earliest it could be on the ballot is 2014.

[ Iowa Independent ]