IFPC's secret plan to reverse marriage equality
The Supreme Court ruling is giving same-sex marriage opponents new fuel to reignite their campaign. They've been quietly gathering support in neighborhoods across Iowa.
The process is so secretive that the Iowa Family Policy Center would not allow NewsChannel 8 to shoot video of the meetings. They only permitted footage of signs with the slogan LUV Iowa, meaning Let Us Vote.
"We just really have made a kind of a conscious decision that we don't want to overinflate what we're doing," English said. "We don't want to make a big media event out of it. We're going to be successful or not."
English said he knows that getting a vote on same-sex marriage is an uphill climb, but he thinks a growing movement has made it less steep.
"It could be a lengthy process and I get the impression Iowans are willing to do what it takes," he said.
People in favor of same-sex marriages said they're not going to stop fighting, either. The group One Iowa, which worked to make same-sex marriages legal, is holding 25 forums across the state to educate people and bring them together.
"For a lot of people, they're not sure how they feel or they may disagree," said Carolyn Jenison of One Iowa. "What we're doing is providing a forum in which we have these conversations, so we're holding public forums across the state of Iowa."
Jenison said one message they're sending out is that with the economy in the tank and the budget a mess, lawmakers have more important things to think about than taking away peoples' rights.
