Iowa: Four Democrats join push for vote on “gay marriage”

Iowa Independent: “Four Democratic state senators — Dennis Black of Grinnell, Keith Kreiman of Bloomfield, Rich Olive of Story City and Joe Seng of Davenport — broke with their party and signed on to a Republican petition to force a vote on same-sex marriage. But with last week marking the first self-imposed legislative ‘funnel week’ deadline for bills to clear committee to stay eligible for consideration this year, the marriage amendment is officially dead, at least in this form.”