Piggybacking on Pandora’s post, I must post this video of Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D), in blocking a Republican attempt to reverse the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling:
Here is the transcript:
One of my daughters was in the workplace one day, and her particular workplace at that moment in time, there were a whole bunch of conservative, older men. And those guys were talking about gay marriage. They were talking about discussions going on across the country. And my daughter Kate, after listening for about 20 minutes, said to them: ‘You guys don’t understand. You’ve already lost. My generation doesn’t care.’ I think I learned something from my daughter that day, when she said that. And Ive talked with other people about it and that’s what I see, Senator McKinley. I see a bunch of people that merely want to profess their love for each other, and want state law to recognize that. Is that so wrong? I don’t think that’s so wrong. As a matter of fact, last Friday night, I hugged my wife. You know I’ve been married for 37 years. I hugged my wife. I felt like our love was just a little more meaningful last Friday night because thousands of other Iowa citizens could hug each other and have the state recognize their love for each other. No, Senator McKinley, I will not co-sponsor a leadership bill with you.
David Anderson, you have already lost. The future does not care about your hang-ups. Stop standing in the way of love.
To the larger point, perhaps this is why some Republicans and conservatives are resorting to violence and talk of violence. They are conservatives because they are traditionalists. They hate change. That is the basic essence of being a conservative, for you want to maintain the status quo. Well, they lost the election last year. They lost an entire generation of Americans due to their stance on this issue. They know they do not have the numbers to stop President Obama and the Democrats from enacting the budget and universal healthcare. They know they have lost the battle on the merits already.
THAT is why we hear talk of violence. THAT is why we hear talk of rights being supposedly taken away. THAT is why they are lying about Obama’s plans to take away your guns, and Obama’s plans to send them all off to reeducation camps.