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Tue Nov-02-10 08:48 PM
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Is everyone aware of the Iowa situation? |
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Edited on Tue Nov-02-10 08:54 PM by CoffeeCat
I voted in Iowa tonight and we had the option of voting to retain (or not retain) our three Iowa Supreme Court judges.
There has been a huge campaign by the right-wing hatemongers to vote NO for these Iowa Supreme Court judges, because they went with the Iowa Constitution and they made gay marriage legal in Iowa.
Iowa now has gay marriage because these state Supreme Court judged followed the Equal Protection Claus, which disallows granting rights to some, but not all.
The right wing has campaigned vociferously to oust these judged, claiming that they are "activist judges." A massive propaganda campaign.
Interesting, two of these three judges were appointed by Terry Brandstad, a former Republican governor, who is a conservative.
This is an important one to watch, folks!
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Tue Nov-02-10 08:49 PM
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1. I'm sorry, but I had no idea until I read your post. That's really scary! |
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Tue Nov-02-10 08:50 PM
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2. YEP.. and our polls close in 10 minutes.. hopefully all Iowans turned the Ballot over |
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Tue Nov-02-10 08:55 PM
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This is so important.
I'm so proud of my state for leading the way on this civil-rights issue.
I'll be ashamed of my state if gay marriage is made illegal.
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Tue Nov-02-10 08:51 PM
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You can't fight bigotry. The judges are going down. The polls close at 9, so we likely won't know till late. There was a valiant effort to save the judges, but it was too little, too late.
Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised in the morning.
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Tue Nov-02-10 08:59 PM
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6. It will be interesting... |
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...because I think most people would just naturally vote to retain judges.
So, we may have that going for us. It's possible that many Iowans are not aware that this is a huge issue, so they'll just vote to keep them in.
However, the right wing had a very orchestrated effort against these judges, so many right wingers will vote against them. The question is, will that be enough to oust them? Was their hate campaign effective enough?
If most people turned their ballot over (and I think most will!), we just have to hope that people in an automatic fashion--voted to retain those judges.
There was no concerted campaign on the left to encourage people to vote "Yes" though.
So really--like you said--we may have to wait on this one. It's a big unknown right now. Unfortunately.
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Tue Nov-02-10 09:02 PM
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9. you HAVE to fight bigotry |
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we're an evolving species.
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Tue Nov-02-10 08:58 PM
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If any of these Justices are defeated tonight, it sends a very chilling message to Justices and judges everywhere in this country.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Iowans will ultimately vote for fairness, for equality and against bullying justices who support equality and civil rights.
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Tue Nov-02-10 09:00 PM
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7. I voted yes on the back....all but the convention... |
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Gotta try to keep those judges, keep our rights!!!
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Tue Nov-02-10 09:00 PM
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8. any indications of the outcome? |
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and if they are ousted, what then? who takes their places?
imagine being so full of hate that you would work to rid a court of judges for following the law. sad.
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Tue Nov-02-10 09:03 PM
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10. When you say "the iowa situation" I think of pasty abs |
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Tue Nov-02-10 09:10 PM
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...but we didn't get to vote on getting rid of pasty abs.
We do have a tanning booth tax to consider though!
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Tue Nov-02-10 10:43 PM
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12. A sad update...not looking good for gay marriage... |
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...in Iowa.
Looks like about 50 percent of the votes are in, and the three judges are at about 52 percent NO (voting to oust them) and 48 to retain these judges.
We'll have to keep watching the returns, but it's not looking very well.
If these judges go down, our new (very conservative, anti-gay marriage) Republican governor, Terry Brandstad--will appoint new judges who will not be friendly to gay marriage.
Brandstad is beating our Democratic Governor, Chet Culver--by double digits.
Very bummed tonight. I'm ashamed of my state right now.
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