DISQUS

daddysteve · 1 year ago

This republican doesn't give a damn about an issue(or lack thereof) like DOMA. We are faced with real problems like credit deflation and military misadventures. How about a half TRILLION deficit added to 9 TRILLION national debt. But if we keep the gays in the closet then everything will be alright.

Gary · 1 year ago

Iowa is the place i always visit on my holidays to the states. I believe Iowa to be one of the most beautiful states of North America. The world has bigger problems than gay marriage, and I don't see how gay marriage should affect straight marriage. Here in the uk people do not seem affected by this issue. Nor do i think that Iowans would flock to see a same sex couple kissing their first kiss outside a church. Afterall, once the initial media hype is over, it will be yesterdays news.

Susan · 1 year ago

Well, I don't know.

I'm paying more than $4 a gallon for gas.
What I spend at the grocery store keeps rising like a hot air balloon on a summer day.
I am one layoff away from losing health insurance and access to medical care.
Some of my neighbors still have sons and daughters in Iraq more than five years after the invasion at the cost of billions of dollars.
We don't dare get too uppity with the Russians over invading Georgia or with the Chinese over enabling genocide in the Sudan, because they are our bankers now, and if they call the loan we're in deep doo.

Come to think of it, the prospect of gay people kissing really is the most important issue we could talk about in this election. Thank heaven we have a congressman who understands that, and whose only legislative accomplishment is a bill underscoring the importance of Christmas to Christians.

Brian · 1 year ago

King is a joke. He doesn't care about actually representing his constituents but rather making ridiculous statements so he get the headlines. Not to mention he is scared to debate his challenger Rob Hubler. I encourage all to visit Rob Hubler's website and see what real representation will look like.

Jim · 1 year ago

Note King's evocation of "pictures of same-sex couples kissing on the steps of their churches".

Neither DOMA nor the efforts to overturn/repeal DOMA have any authority whatsoever with regard to same-sex marriages in churches. DOMA can only forbid same-sex marriages from being recognized by the state, and its repeal would only permit same-sex marriages to be recognized by the state.

Under DOMA, some churches nevertheless already do recognize same-sex marriages, and DOMA can't forbid that. If DOMA was repealed, some churches would still refuse to recognize same-sex marriages, and state or federal law can't force them to recognize those marriages.

King's lumping the two together, as if they weren't completely severable concepts, is yet another example of his chronically sloppy thinking on almost any issue he addresses. It's also more particularly an example of his chronic unwillingness to recognize the crucial constitutional distinction between church and state.

Randall Haugen · 1 year ago

What about we Jail all those who have committed Adultery Steve? i mean if you are going to be all righteous and all..BTW that includes John McCain.

daddysteve · 1 year ago

Randall If I'm the steve you're referring to, I think you misunderstand what I was saying. I was basically crying about fiscal irresponsibility being a greater threat than dudes kissing in public. Much greater.

Steel Medic · 1 year ago

King has failed the 5th district in creating jobs, lowering taxes, providing better healthcare, reducing crime, drawing in tourists, stopping illegal immigration, advancing highway 20, providing better education and working for small businesses.

The only thing he has left is fear tactics... kinda sad.