Iowa Rep Defends His Bills To Ban Same-Sex Marriage

Iowa Starting Line reports:

The lead sponsor of two bills that would outlaw gay marriage in Iowa—where it has been legal since 2009—told his Iowa House colleague his bills aren’t actually about banning gay marriage despite the language in the bills doing just that.

Starting Line acquired a copy of an email Rep. Brad Sherman (R-Williamsburg) sent from his legislative account late Wednesday afternoon to all representatives in the House in which he defended the bills and the rationale behind them.

Sherman also said the bills don’t violate anyone’s civil rights—they do—and that they aren’t telling same-sex couples what to believe because “if they want to call their relationship a marriage, they are free to do so; that is freedom.

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New from @Rushthewriter: The lead sponsor of two Iowa GOP bills to ban gay marriage says his bills aren’t about banning gay marriage and that gay people made it the government’s business to define marriage when they sued for the right to get married.https://t.co/tg2eXW4sP4

— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) March 2, 2023