On Thursday, August 30, 2007, Iowa moved another step in the direction of removing the traditional values that made our county the "shining city on a hill" as President Ronald Reagan described America just a few short years ago.  Judge Robert Hanson, in the Polk County Courthouse, struck down Iowa's ban on homosexual marriage. 

 

Our country began with a Constitution based upon Biblical values, but judges all across America have not resisted the temptation to legislate laws instead of merely interpreting the laws of the land or what the legislature might do.  In Iowa, the heartland of America, Judge Hanson's decision is so wrong, so offensive to me and, I believe, the average Iowan that we need to send a message of strong support for maintaining the definition of marriage as the "union of one man and one woman."  Part of President Reagan's quote about the "shining city" included "God-blessed."  How can America, and especially Iowa, remain God-blessed when we move away from the Biblical standards set forth for eternity?  His ruling is a huge, offensive change from the traditional way judges made their rulings when Biblical values of what is right and wrong were always a foundational matter for their decisions. 

 

This shocking decision going against the view of a vast majority of Iowa's citizens should be resolved by the people of the State.  That can be done by a Constitutional Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Iowa's Constituion to further define marriage as a "covenant relationship between one man and one woman." 

 

Let's all work together to undo this activist judge's ruling and work for the will of the people to be done in Iowa.

 

Rep. Dwayne Alons