City defers move to slam gay marriage

[WillParkinson]

(Sioux City, Iowa) A proposed resolution declaring marriage in Sioux City, Iowa, as a union between a man and woman has been tabled while city lawmakers try to determine if such a measure would even be legal.

Citizens on both sides of the gay marriage issue packed City Council chambers Monday night where debate on the resolution was to have been held. But before deputations were heard, the measure was tabled.

Councilman Dave Ferris, Mayor Mike Hobart, and Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Rixner voted to put the resolution on hold until the city can get a legal opinion from Iowa’s Attorney General.

Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case by six same-sex couples seeking to have the state’s exclusion of gays from marriage overturned.

Rixner said the resolution could be illegal.

http://www.365gay.com/news/city-defers-move-to-slam-gay-marriage/

[Orsino]

1. Their urge to discriminate...

...almost overwhelmed their urge to pretend they're not discriminating.

[yardwork]

2. I'm wondering if Proposition 8 will turn out to be a watershed moment.

For the first time, I see a vocal mass of people - gay and straight - who are ready to stand up against the bigots. I think that the supporters of Prop 8 may have won a battle that marked the beginning of the end of their bigoted cause.