Ethics

Predictable Reaction to Iowa Gay Marriage Ruling

By Ed Brayton

The Worldnutdaily provides the standard and predictable reaction from pedestrian conservatives to the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage. The article features Rep. Steve King, who is, along with Michelle Bachman, at the head of the truly wingnut class in Congress. And he's pulling out the usual cliche about "activist" judges.

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, says his state's Supreme Court actually confessed to being guilty of "activism" in its opinion today paving the way for same-sex "marriage" in the state...

"[The opinion] strikes me as very much an activist reach to overturn the will of the people of the state of Iowa," King said. "This turns on its head the entire composition of human history and law."

He called it the "most activist opinion that I have every read."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 07, 2009 (boomark / email).