Shame on Iowa

The joke was told by my Iowa friends that when I move to Missouri from Iowa that I would raise the IQ of both states. Seems more like that when I moved here that the moral standards of Iowa declined. The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the ban against gay marriage is unconstitutional. Starting on April 24 gay couples will be allowed to become legally married. We are talking about Iowa, which was once a solid religious state that had most residents being a part of an organized church. But with the growth of major cities like Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Sioux Falls, Iowa City, the state has grown constantly more liberal. Last year an attempt was made in the state legislature to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. But there was no heart for it as legislators feared that they would commit political suicide to take a stand for such an amendment. Now it will take nearly three years for such an amendment to be passed and put in force. Most likely it will never happen. Iowa will become the third state to sanction gay marriage. Since they have no residence requirement, it will be possible for gay couples from the surrounding states, including Missouri, to go to Iowa and get married and then ask for their marriage to be accepted in their home states. I am not up to date on Missouri law, so I do not know if our legislature has taken any action to refuse to accept marriages of gay couples conducted in another state. We see just another sign of the moral decline of our nation and of the world in whole. We must pray that God will send revival upon his church that his people can once again become an influential force in our nation.