Traditional values groups are pressing the Iowa legislature to let the people decide the issue of homosexual "marriage."
Iowa Family Policy Council is lobbying lawmakers to pass a resolution to put the issue on the ballot. Spokesman Bryan English tells OneNewsNow that is after the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in favor of homosexual marriage on Friday. "As I pondered the court's ruling, it occurred to me that Psalm 14:1 says 'The fool hath said in his heart that there is no God' -- and then I remembered that Abraham Lincoln said it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt," he recalls. "It just seems to me that with those two truths in mind, this is probably a decision the Supreme Court should have kept to itself." English says the Council is trying to convince lawmakers to put the issue on the ballot, but it is going to take a strong grassroots effort to accomplish that. "It's only a matter of time now before those of us who are still willing to speak the truth and say that homosexuality is wrong are the ones that they are calling criminals," he adds. "We have to rise up now. We have to protect marriage. We must pass the Iowa marriage amendment. People need to get active." Even though polls show 62 percent of Iowans are against homosexual marriage, the chances of lawmakers voting in favor of putting it on the ballot are grim, English concludes.
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