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orichalcum at 10:33am on 03/04/2009
orichalcum at 10:33am on 03/04/2009So far, anti-marriage equality crusaders have been able to paint the pro-marriage equality states as the "scary radical fringe" of America - Taxachusetts, San Francisco values, those wacky hippie Vermonters, etc...
But Iowans? No one looks at Iowa and thinks "coastal weirdos." They think "heartland." And furthermore - because of the silly uber-importance Iowa gets in the presidential primary system (we have Obama because of Iowa), no politician considering running for President will dare attack Iowans as immoral people.
This does mean that an anti-marriage-equality amendment may wind up on the ballot in 2012, which is probably good for the religiously conservative Republican candidates. But it's really hard to see how a unanimous verdict in _Iowa_ doesn't fundamentally change the optics of the debate.
But Iowans? No one looks at Iowa and thinks "coastal weirdos." They think "heartland." And furthermore - because of the silly uber-importance Iowa gets in the presidential primary system (we have Obama because of Iowa), no politician considering running for President will dare attack Iowans as immoral people.
This does mean that an anti-marriage-equality amendment may wind up on the ballot in 2012, which is probably good for the religiously conservative Republican candidates. But it's really hard to see how a unanimous verdict in _Iowa_ doesn't fundamentally change the optics of the debate.
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