http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/iowa-rivals-debate-same-sex-marriage-vote/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/iowa-rivals-debate-same-sex-marriage-vote/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:48:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52000 Quad-City Times: "Danny Carroll of Grinnell, Iowa, chairman of the Iowa Family Policy Center, said forces working to block an effort to bring a constitutional amendment on the marriage issue before voters are doing so because they're 'pretty sure they'll lose.' Carroll, a former state lawmaker, spoke on Iowa Public Television's 'Iowa Press' show, which is scheduled to air Sunday . . . Brad Clark, campaign manager for One Iowa, the state's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy group, challenged Carroll's contention. 'I don't know that that's the case,' he said. 'What we've seen in Iowa, according to some polls, is that Iowans are evenly split on the issue of writing discrimination into the Constitution.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/iowa-rivals-debate-same-sex-marriage-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/one-iowa-expects-marriage-amendment-push-to-start-monday/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/one-iowa-expects-marriage-amendment-push-to-start-monday/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51083 Iowa Independent: "After numerous meetings at the Capitol Thursday, Brad Clark, campaign director for One Iowa, told The Iowa Independent that he expects Republican lawmakers in the Iowa House to attempt to bring about a vote on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage by invoking Rule 60, which allows a majority vote on the floor of the House to pull a bill out of a committee even if the committee has not approved it." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/one-iowa-expects-marriage-amendment-push-to-start-monday/feed/ 0