A group hoping to
ban same-sex marriage in Iowa has accused Democrats of
delaying legislation, claiming the lawmakers are pandering
to donors who want gay marriage to be legal, the
Associated Press reported Friday. On Thursday members
of the Iowa Family Policy Center said top Democrats had
accepted more than $170,000 from “out-of-state
homosexual activists.” Those donations have
resulted in a refusal to hold debate on an amendment
to the state’s constitution that would prohibit
same-sex marriage, according to Chuck Hurley, the
group’s president.
A group hoping to
ban same-sex marriage in Iowa has accused Democrats of
delaying legislation, claiming the lawmakers are pandering
to donors who want gay marriage to be legal, the
Associated Press reported Friday.
On Thursday
members of the Iowa Family Policy Center said top Democrats
had accepted more than $170,000 from “out-of-state
homosexual activists.” Those donations have
resulted in a refusal to hold debate on an amendment
to the state’s constitution that would prohibit
same-sex marriage, according to Chuck Hurley, the
group’s president.
This information,
Hurley told the AP, is “particularly troubling
considering the national implications.” If such
marriages were legalized in Iowa, he said, people from
across the United States could visit the state to wed.
Top Democrats
reacted sharply to the group’s accusations. The issue
of gay marriage, they pointed out, is before the state
supreme court and should remain there until a decision
is made.
“With his
latest publicity stunt, Mr. Hurley has violated a couple of
the Ten Commandments and committed at least one of the
Seven Deadly Sins,” said Democratic senate
majority leader Mike Gronstal in a prepared statement.
“But why should that surprise Iowans? Mr.
Hurley’s real motivation has always been
hate-mongering and raising money from hard-working
Iowans to cover his salary.” (The
Advocate)
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