Iowa Lawmaker Says Gay Families Shouldn't Go Camping

[Ian David]

Iowa Lawmaker Says Gay Families Shouldn't Go Camping

There's a lawmaker in Iowa who has a problem with gay people pitching a tent. And no, we don't mean it in that way, but in the camping way. Smores. Fishing. Fires. Mosquito repellent.

Apparently those items are solely the domain of straight folks, and specifically straight families, according to Iowa State Senator Merlin Bartz. Senator Bartz is crying foul because, now that Iowa recognizes same-sex marriage, he's worried that his state's Department of Natural Resources is going to allow married gay couples and their children access to family camping grounds in state parks.

For Bartz, the idea of two moms or two dads roasting marshmallows next to straight people is exactly the type of horror that he was afraid of when the Iowa State Supreme Court legalized gay marriage last year.

"A lot of the advocates of gay marriage in Iowa have said, ‘It doesn’t affect anything. Nothing has changed,'" Bartz told Radio Iowa. "The reality of it is that everything is changing."

More:
http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/iowa_lawmaker_says_gay_families_shouldnt_go_camping

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Teh stoopid, it burns!

[marmar]

2. I think assholes should be banned from campsites......

which means Merlin Bartz should park his camper.

[sui generis]

3. I didn't realize that "gay" was on my ID card, right next to eye color

and ass size.

I really think everyone should be considered gay unless licensed to be straight.

[saltpoint]

4. Well we've waited for decades for the nutbags to offer specific

reasons why lesbians and gay men should not marry, and at last they deliver the evidence.

Same-sex marshmallow roasting. The horror. The horror.

[Christa]

5. I wonder why?

Is he afraid he will be turned on by the nice bodies of gay men?

[rurallib]

6. So how do you tell if people are gay or just camping?

I spent many summers camping with friends in high school - all of us male. Had I camped with the girlfriends I have no doubt some father would have shot me.
What about boy scout troops?
These guys are so homophobic, I am surprised they can be close to their own shadows

[Kerrytravelers]

8. From the Pink Triangle patches this clown would like you to wear.

Yeah. I know. I went there. But really, am I that far off? Re-education camps? De-gaying hospitals? Pray the gay away?

[mzteris]

9. i think it's a "last gasp" of a dying breed...

legalized homophobia...

It's GOING to change! It's not changing fast enough for those of us who want it to change, but I think the phobes can see the writing on the wall and know it will be over in the near future.

[Kerrytravelers]

13. Oh, absolutely. The younger generation of kids are way less concerned about color and orientation

than the older generations.

Things, they are a-changin' ... but not fast enough!!!!

[Kerrytravelers]

7. I guess all the animals who display the natural act of homosexuality should be removed from nature.

The other animals might see that and get the idea that Iowa is now condoning gay squirrels.

Those squirrels and their nuts.

[HillWilliam]

10. Good lord, the boy is slow

Camp is what we do best! We invented and hold the copyright. Oughtta charge 'em royalties. :rofl:

[QC]

11. Perhaps he meant that gay families shouldn't go campy. n/t

[foxfeet]

12. Have you ever come across a bear shitting in the woods?

No wonder the guy's scared.

[MNBrewer]

14. Which is why I camp NORTH of the border

in Minnesota!

[potsmokinghippie666]

15. OMG!

Gay people camping! WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!:sarcasm: :puke:

[AwakeAtLast]

16. So camping while gay does what, exactly?

:shrug:

[hvn_nbr_2]

20. Your gay tent pegs might recruit the next campsite's pegs to the "gay tent pegs lifestyle"

Then when your gay canteen recruits their canteens and they all gang up on CoffeeCat's firewood in post #17 (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x159502#159567), everyone in the campground will be forced into a polygamous marriage to the dogs at site #27.

[CoffeeCat]

17. Since when does ANY campground...

...ask you about sexual orientation when you sign in?

Our family has camped--at many campgrounds in Iowa. We've been asked many
questions, as we check in--but I don't believe anyone has ever asked
about sexuality.

They usually ask us if we want any firewood. Is this code for some
sexual inquiry?

[jberryhill]

18. There Goes Yogi And Boo-Boo

[reggie the dog]

19. shit my wife is divorcing me

does that mean i cant go camping alone or just with my daughter in iowa? i guess i will jam straight on to nebraska where my weed is decriminalized too and not camp in iowa.