Repug POS of the week: Iowa State Senate Repug leader Paul McKinley

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Republican leader predicts remaining justices will lose their jobs

by O. Kay Henderson on November 11, 2010
in Crime & Courts,Legislature,Politics & Government


The recently re-elected Republican leader in the state senate predicts the four remaining justices on the Iowa Supreme Court eventually will lose their jobs, too, if legislators don’t start the process of giving Iowans a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

In 2009, the seven justices on the Iowa Supreme Court issued a ruling which paved the way for gay marriage in Iowa. Three of the justices were voted off the court in last week’s retention election. Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley says the future of the other four justices depends on lawmakers putting that constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot.

“That is an issue that the people overwhelmingly said, ‘We want to have a say in this. It should not be overreaching government or judges,’” McKinley says. “I believe the (justices) would still be in office had Mike Gronstal allowed that vote over the past two years. It would not even have been an issue.” Gronstal is the Democratic leader in the state senate, and he has used his authority to block a vote on a proposal which would set the wheels in motion for a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Iowa. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.radioiowa.com/2010/11/11/republican-leader-predicts-remaining-justices-will-lose-their-jobs/