[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Good for Iowa. Very impressive. Makes me reconsider the bashing of rural areas.
And I know it’s coming, so I’ll put this out there from the NY Times as a way of immediately combatting the argument that is sure to arise.
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?The concept of equal protection, is deeply rooted in our national and state history, but that history reveals this concept is often expressed far more easily than it is practiced,? the court wrote.
Iowa has enforced its constitution in a series of landmark court decisions, including those that struck down slavery (in 1839) and segregation (cases in 1868 and 1873), and upheld women?s rights by becoming the first state in the nation to allow a woman to practice law, in 1869.
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Let me say it now- because the public is against it does not mean that it is 1) constitutional and 2) right.
Iowa got ir right with slavery, segregation, women’s rights, and now gay marriage.
Slainte Iowa.
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+1 Way to go Iowa.