Gay marriage opponents rally in Iowa state capital

Nearly 1,000 opponents of gay marriage rallied outside the Iowa Statehouse on Tuesday, calling on legislators to recommend a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.The issue is bottled up in the Iowa Senate, where leading Democrats are not allowing it to come to a vote, which prevents one of the steps needed for a statewide referendum on the amendment. Several dozen high school students staged a protest next to the rally, waving banners bearing the slogan, “Keep hatred out of Iowa’s future.” Here's the story from Davenport, Iowa's, Quad City Times.