IOWA'S NEW 'I DO' LAW

Law makers have been busy revising their state's constitution to remove the ban on gay marriage, without consideration, knowledge or consent of the voters. The State's Supreme court overturned the voters choice as their rulings abide by the State's constitutional law.

Had lawmakers supporting the gay community opted a different name for their 'union' there would not be outrage. American lawmakers who change the man/woman marriage laws rather than create a 'new institution' for same sex unions are stealing the foundation and meaning of marriage, in the name of equal rights.

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation and a Newsweek poll conducted in December, 2008, said that fifty-five percent of Americans questioned believe same sex marriages should not be recognized by law as valid. Forty-four percent said gay marriages should be legal.

Marriage has been clearly defined between a man and a woman. Marriage is a socially ethic behavior for many people with a religious morality that must be protected. Gays do have rights, but not the right to impose their desire on an existing lifestyle. They take away the rights of Americans who believe marriage is a sacred man/woman union.

A suggestion to law makers and the gay community is to put your 'thinking caps' and come up with your own name for your desired 'union'. Here are a few suggestions to consider with respect to same sex unions: Austria has adopted Domestic Partnership to become legal in 2010, joining Hungary and Denmark who already call it Domestic Partnership; France, Sweden and Norway call it a Civil Union.

NOW, stop treading on the fifty-five percent of Americans whom believe marriage is a bond between a man and a woman.