Sioux City, IA meets to ban gay marriage, but abuptly quits due to complexity, lawsuits
”You can’t un-ring the bell and once you have a room full people that have come down to speak on a topic, I think it is then dismissive of their input to table the motion when clearly people were there to talk about it and I think they should have been heard,” said Nelson.”
Connie Nelson, a Sioux Cityan who was disappointed that the City Council decided to table a motion to define marriage as only between a man and a woman. It is reported that a public hearing was called and dozens packed in to share their feelings on the measure. However, council members quickly realized that they had not considered the scope of their anti-gay intentions, the larger legal implications and the possibilities of lawsuits. The Iowa Supreme Court is to rule on the legality of same-sex marriage soon. (KCAU-TV)
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