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Wall of Shame for Matt Strawn?

I wrote an earlier post criticizing Matt Strawn and the RPI’s lack of action in regards to the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act.  It seemed to me that this issue exploded the grassroots and the activists while bringing out warriors in the Republican political class.  Instead of capitalizing on this renewed enthusiasm of the people and highlighting the politicians who were taking a principled stance, we heard crickets chirping from the RPI.  In fact, in the last two Chairman Reports Mr. Strawn did not even mention the fight for traditional marriage which happens to be one the top planks in the Republican Party Platform.

As you know, IDA has something called the Wall of Shame and we were wondering if we should place Matt Strawn on this wall for his lack of conviction on the marriage subject.  We then decided to do the right thing no matter what we believe; we are allowing our readers to VOTE on the issue.

 

April 29, 2009 - Posted by Iowans Rock | Iowans Rock, Politics | , , , ,

11 Comments »

  1. [...] Original post by Iowans Rock [...]

    Pingback by Wall of Shame for Matt Strawn? | April 29, 2009 | Reply

  2. I’m glad the Republican party is imploding in Iowa over this issue!

    Comment by Jamie | April 29, 2009 | Reply

  3. I am very disappointed by Mr. Strawn’s lack of leadership in the area of same sex marriage. His silence speaks volumes of how he handles difficult situations. Yes, he needs to be on your Wall of Shame. Our Republican Party officials need to know that they do not have a silent majority in their ranks. We are watching and paying attention. I was hoping he would be more than Mr. Twitter Personality.

    Comment by Justice for All | April 29, 2009 | Reply

  4. Well Jamie maybe you ought to read some History and see what happened in the Roman empire before they fell. Things got sick and preverted. We dont have gladiators killing one another but we have Ultimate fighting where they can beat the crap out of each other and choke a person til he taps out or ref stops it. Close enough. You dont get this isnt a republican or democratic thing its a Moral thing. I Guess you have few morals, nor are a religious person either. If you are a religious person you must be twisting the bible so it looks good in your eyes on this subject of same sex marriage. Instead of using a lame Supreme courts ruling.

    Comment by Woodrow | April 29, 2009 | Reply

  5. Your ancient supersitions and rambling do nothing to persuade people to your side Woodrow.

    Comment by Jamie | April 30, 2009 | Reply

  6. Hey! Woodrow! I love what you post! Keep up the great job expressing your views. You have the heart of a true American. It is my honor to read what you share here on IDA!

    Comment by callmecrusader | April 30, 2009 | Reply

  7. Strawn people must be voting- or party loyalists.

    I vote put him up there in your shame wall.

    Comment by Liberty Man | April 30, 2009 | Reply

  8. Maine Senate and NH Senate have both passed gay marriage. Maine vote today was 21-14—a landslide. You are going to need a bigger wall to put all your party’s apostates on.

    Comment by Jerry | April 30, 2009 | Reply

  9. Jerry,

    This isn’t a game. There are no winners here; only losers. Have you really done any research on the effects of a homosexual lifestyle? Not only are we tearing apart the very institution that this country was founded on but we are tearing apart the lives of fellow human beings who will only suffer either from mental or physical destruction because we are giving them a free pass to a destructive lifestyle. I thought your party was all about taking care of your fellow American?

    Comment by DannyBoy | April 30, 2009 | Reply

  10. It’s already legal for them to have sex. I didn’t realize you all were proposing to make that illegal, too. Maybe you could rename yourselves the Puritan Party.

    And are you suggesting the “very institution this country was founded on” is marriage? I don’t think it was much discussed in public halls in 1780. I think we were founded on the institutions of courts, legislatures and elections. We replaced the institution of monarchy and subservient colony with one of self-government, co-equal branches of government and the notion of checks and balances.

    Hetero-sex had nothing to do with it.

    Comment by Jerry | May 1, 2009 | Reply

  11. It’s about time Christians and conservatives stopped pretending that the Republican Party represents us. They are more than happy to take our money, and they know they need us when it comes election time, but they aren’t willing to do what we elected them to do in Des Moines. Republican party officials and office holders laugh at Christians just like Democrat insiders laugh at blacks for supporting them.

    We are all getting played, and I’m glad to see that we are waking up to it.

    Comment by ISU Christian | May 2, 2009 | Reply


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