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rurallib

(62,382 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:02 AM Mar 2013

4 years later:DUers, How has Iowa's Gay Marriage decision affected you?

(crossposted from Iowa forum - curious what others have to say)

We have been living in this petri dish for the nation for the past four years.
So how badly has this nightmare of a decision affected your life?
How many divorces have you had? How many felonies?

A waiting country wants to know just how miserable things have become for you since April 3, 2009.

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4 years later:DUers, How has Iowa's Gay Marriage decision affected you? (Original Post) rurallib Mar 2013 OP

I'm not clear why you consider Iowa the petrie dish for the nation cali Mar 2013 #1

Okay - geez - I was writing in a light hearted manner rurallib Mar 2013 #4

How has Iowa's Gay Marriage decision affected you? Flashmann Mar 2013 #2

I married my dog. Oh, wait, don't have one. Maybe the cat... nt Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #3

I'd ask those from Massachusetts too justiceischeap Mar 2013 #5

They can reply with their state's experience rurallib Mar 2013 #7

Well, I'm in a neighboring state and liberalhistorian Mar 2013 #6

cali

(114,904 posts)

1. I'm not clear why you consider Iowa the petrie dish for the nation

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:06 AM

Mar 2013

rurallib

(62,382 posts)

4. Okay - geez - I was writing in a light hearted manner

Reply to cali (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:42 AM

Mar 2013

kind of sarcastic and I used petri dish in that context. (you know ha-ha)
Plus I had originally posted in the Iowa Forum and then decided to X-post in GD to see if anyone else had a comment.

One other thing - the rural midwest is often considered to be among the most truly conservative (as opposed to nut case conservative). i recall that Iowa was targeted by Lambda Legal in the O'brien case because of Iowa's history as a state that was ahead in tolerance and conservative by nature. So we were a petri dish of sorts.

The whole post was meant to be somewhat light pointing out that when conservative old mainstay Iowa allowed gay marriage nothing happened.

As for me, I was nervous until someone explained to me that I didn't HAVE to marry a gay...........

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)

2. How has Iowa's Gay Marriage decision affected you?

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:26 AM

Mar 2013

Much as I expected.EXACTLY as I expected,it's had no discernible effect on me,my wife or our marriage.I have somehow refrained from embarking on any crime sprees.We are no more and no less miserable than we were before.Most miseries we do experience are rooted in some rightwing shit-baggerery or other and are never even once influenced by who wants to marry who.Never.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

3. I married my dog. Oh, wait, don't have one. Maybe the cat... nt

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:39 AM

Mar 2013

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)

5. I'd ask those from Massachusetts too

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 12:02 PM

Mar 2013

It's been, what, 9 years there?

rurallib

(62,382 posts)

7. They can reply with their state's experience

Reply to justiceischeap (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 03:05 PM

Mar 2013

I rolled this over from the Iowa forum and didn't gussy it up for an appearance before the whole country.

liberalhistorian

(20,814 posts)

6. Well, I'm in a neighboring state and

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 12:13 PM

Mar 2013

every day I live in fear that hubby will up and file divorce papers because people of the same sex can now marry each other just across a border.

(can't find the sarcasm thingie, but would hope it wouldn't be needed!!)

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