Group wants top court to void lesbian divorce

[leQ]

Des Moines Register

A conservative group in Des Moines will ask the Iowa Supreme Court to void a divorce granted in Sioux City to a lesbian couple who had been joined in a Vermont civil union.

Chuck Hurley, president of the Iowa Family Policy Center, said the group will file papers Monday accusing District Judge Jeffrey Neary of overstepping his authority because same-sex marriages are not allowed by Iowa law - so the divorce is improper.

"We can't let a judge create his own little fiefdom and become a super legislature. That stuff has to go before the people's body," Hurley said.

the editorial in the same paper summed it up best:

Opponents of gay marriage should be thrilled: An Iowa judge dissolved a union they so vehemently disagreed with in the first place.

[RC]

1. Yeah, so what's the problem again?

"Opponents of gay marriage should be thrilled: An Iowa judge dissolved a union they so vehemently disagreed with in the first place."

[BJ]

2. It's the kind of "Christian" group...

...that says it's o.k. to beat your kids as long as none of them die.

[The Zanti Regent]

3. They're the kind of KKKristian Group...

...who show their love by wearing bedsheets instead of sleeping in them.

Besides, those who bitch, moan and piss about Gays and Lesbians the most tend to be repressed closet queens!

[xchrom]

4. i think liberals

should form a group{a powerful one} whose sole pupose is to take on the religous facists tooth and nail. media, p.r., legal action, etc.
let the religous facists get a strong taste of their own medicine.

[Endangered Specie]

7. There is... its called the ACLU

[Ellen Forradalom]

12. It's also called People for the American Way.

Check them out: http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/

[LiberalFighter]

5. Does that mean if they can't get the divorce...

that they must remain married?

[Gman]

6. I just want to know how anyone else besides the couple has

standing in the court to try to intervene. Its a civil matter.

[Cronus Protagonist]

8. They won't let the law get in the way.

Marriage is at stake here. No, I mean divorce is at stake. No, I mean straight couples are the only ones allowed to get divorced. To allow gays the right to get divorced is a step on a slippery slope to marriage....

Heh. My brain spun inside my head trying to parse their logic.

FUCK BUSH Buttons, Stickers & Magnets

[The Zanti Regent]

9. If they void this divorce, then they SUPPORT Same-Sex Marriage.

They should be happy about that, since all the bullshit you hear from these so-called "pro-family" assholes supports marriage!

Besides, there is something called the FULL FAITH AND CREDIT clause in the Constitution reuiring each state to respect the laws of another state!

[Crunchy Frog]

10. This can't be allowed!

They're threatening the sanctity of divorce in this country!

[roguevalley]

11. Aren't they just carion?

Honestly, these people are carion.

[thebaghwan]

13. These folks might be biting off more than they can chew.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says:"Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

They are citizens of the state where they reside. Hsow, interesting that these people want to deny this couple equal protection of the laws.

These people could really be opening Pandora's box in their twisted perspective and not realize it. They want to make these people second class citizens. I guess it has long been that way for gay people, what a shame.