Comments on: Petition and Parliamentary Update http://www.thurible.net/20090319/petition-and-parliamentary-update/ The Blog of the Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kennedy http://www.thurible.net/20090319/petition-and-parliamentary-update/#comment-8357 Kennedy Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:01:19 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=6032#comment-8357 Came across this on the website which was my main port of call during the US presidential elections: www.FiveThirtyEight.com http://tinyurl.com/cn58xy Will Iowans Uphold Gay Marriage? by Nate Silver @ 7:18 PM The Iowa Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex marriage is protected under that state's constitution. As in California, there will of course be an effort to amend the state constitution to prohibit gay marriage. In Iowa, however, the hurdle to amending the constitution is fairly high: it will have to be approved by two consecutive sessions of the state legislature and then by a majority of the voters. Most likely, this means that Iowans won't vote on the issue until 2012. This is good news for defenders of marriage equity, because while you might know it from Proposition 8's victory last year, voter initiatives to ban gay marriage are becoming harder and harder to pass every year. Came across this on the website which was my main port of call during the US presidential elections:

http://www.FiveThirtyEight.com

http://tinyurl.com/cn58xy

Will Iowans Uphold Gay Marriage?
by Nate Silver @ 7:18 PM

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex marriage is protected under that state’s constitution.

As in California, there will of course be an effort to amend the state constitution to prohibit gay marriage. In Iowa, however, the hurdle to amending the constitution is fairly high: it will have to be approved by two consecutive sessions of the state legislature and then by a majority of the voters. Most likely, this means that Iowans won’t vote on the issue until 2012.

This is good news for defenders of marriage equity, because while you might know it from Proposition 8′s victory last year, voter initiatives to ban gay marriage are becoming harder and harder to pass every year.

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