NAACP president backs Iowa candidate with traditional view of marriage

Des Moines Register: “Keith Ratliff, president of the Iowa-Nebraska chapter of the NAACP, endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats today, citing the Sioux City businessman’s position on the same-sex marriage debate as ‘an important factor’ . . . Vander Plaats has said he would issue an executive order staying same-sex marriages in Iowa until voters had the opportunity to vote on a referendum to amend the Iowa Constitution.”