shinderhizzle84

I registered to these forums just so I could post in this thread. That, and I recently found my old Sim City 4 discs and I am downright awful at the game. I am so glad to hear this is happening. Hopefully it can happen all over the country, eventually. America's forefathers came here to get freedom of their beliefs from a government who was brutally oppressing them. Now, gays across America are being oppressed. Why is it any of our rights to tell a person what they can and cannot do? It's the same issue as abortion, really. If someone wants to have an abortion, that is their right, as an American or democratic citizen to get one. If a a gay or lesbian couple want to become married, it is their right, as an American or democratic citizen to get one. And for all of those who argue that it is strictly against the bible, since when does a democratic nation have laws that are influenced by religion? The whole argument on banning gay marriages via the government is based on the Catholic religion. Not to sound ultra-liberal here, but that isn't the way democracies work. Theocracies, such as Saudi Arabia and others, are influenced by religion. Are we turning into a radical state who's government is so directly influenced by what they call "Morals" that they are refusing their very own citizens a right to have a say in their own lives? What's next, are we going to be forcing women to hide their faces and force a single religion to our entire people? It is refreshing to see some an actual intellectual decision come about in a state that is so often perceived as a "hick" or "hillbilly" state. Good for you, Iowa. Hopefully one day, people around the world will not be oppressed by their own governments.