# Iowa Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/491862 "2009-04-03T14:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/491862/41 "2010-10-07T13:36:32Z")
The Swedes moved to the Dakotas, where they feud with the Norwegians in Minnesota. _Le plus ce change, le plus c’est la meme chose_. But this campaign to unseat the judges that ruled in accordance with the state constitution – that should be exposed for the blatant bigotry it is. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/491862/42 "2010-10-07T15:15:12Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > > [@villa](#): > > > > Turfing a Justice out won’t do anything. Essentially it frees the ex-Justice up to make oodles more money in the private sector. I don’t think anyone who is likely to be appointed to the Supreme Court of a state would change their decision in any matter, especially not one of such deep import, based on the chance of being voted out later. > > > > It’s an assclown-ish thing to do, mind you, but that’s why I’m not a fan of electing judges. > > According to **Archive Guy** ’s link, the judges that are potentially getting kicked out isn’t in an elected position. It’s an appointed one. I assume it is like Tennessee - appoint then up for re-appointment by popular vote? In which case, my language was imprecise. I’ll change it to “that’s why I am not a huge fan of using popular voting to determine whether judges keep their positions.” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/491862/43 "2010-10-07T15:29:47Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Any new judges elected now can’t overturn the decision originally linked, can they? Sounds like those people from NOM and AFA are trying to close the barn after the horse ran away… As the article says: > [@](#): > > Unseating those three judges won’t have any effect on the ruling that legalized gay marriage in Iowa. But it will send a message to other judges: Don’t you dare decide potentially controversial cases based on their merits, or the Mormons and Evangelicals will destroy your career. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/491862/44 "2010-10-07T17:23:19Z")
Actually, IF a majority of the judges are unseated and IF their replacements are all anti-gay marriage and IF a case comes up through the Iowa court system that challenges the earlier ruling, they could reverse it. But that seems very unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/491862/45 "2010-11-06T01:42:46Z")
Iowa voters have, alas, taken the first step: [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/us/politics/04judges.html?scp=1&sq=plaats%20moines&st=cse](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/us/politics/04judges.html?scp=1&sq=plaats%20moines&st=cse) And here’s a new thread that may be of interest: [Unseating Judges who Legalized SSM in Iowa - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583681) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/491862.md?page=2)