Iowa Supreme Court rulings will be slowed after a contentious campaign persuaded voters to oust three justices, who supported a decision legalizing gay marriage, a court official said Wednesday.
Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and justices David Baker and Michael Streit were voted off the bench in Tuesday's election, creating multiple vacancies on the court for the first time since its inception.
The three were among seven justices who unanimously decided last year that an Iowa law restricting marriage to a man and a woman violated the state's constitution. They will leave at the end of the year.
There are likely to be delays in issuing rulings until the vacancies are filled, said state court administrator David Boyd.
"Four people cannot produce the same number of opinions that seven can produce," Boyd said. "The court will be able to function, however at a much slower pace."
Tuesday was the first time Iowa voters removed a Supreme Court justice since the current system began in 1962.More here
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7 comments:
GOOD!
Way to go Iowa. One step forward - two step backwards.
Very Good , I can't imagine gay marriage , it's SICK!
2:31 Alex You mean back to a saner time right ?
2:50, Just like straight marriage with better sex.
4:07 Was your body was designed differently then the rest of humanity.
8:39 I think I understand what you are trying to say, but am sad to report that it didn't make much sense.
Biologically? I'm pretty sure every person is slightly different than the rest of humanity. God made each one of us different and I think God also wanted us all to embrace our differences.
I was making a joke to make light of all of the negativity that is present when Joe posts anything about gay events in the United States.
If you don't support gay rights, gay marriage, or being gay, that is your choice. Without being rude, may I ask what is so wrong with letting others live their lives the way they want to?
8:39, you are definitely allowed to have whatever opinion that you want on the matter, and I'm sure you are a good person. But really, what difference does it make if two people you don't even know get married?
People do all kinds of things we don't approve of, but loving another person should not be one of them. There is so much hate in the world as it is.
So if you don't support gay rights, that is your choice and I respect that. As a law-abiding, tax-paying, educated lesbian, I don't ask for support. I'd rather be left alone then heckled for my life decisions. Personally, I know it would be much easier being straight and leading a more widely accepted lifestyle, but I wasn't born that way.
I also don't think God makes mistakes. He makes people the way they are for a reason.
Take what I am saying whatever way you want to, but maybe one day really think about what difference a few gay people make in the grand scheme of things when there are a lot of things in this world so much more terrible.
Take care.
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