by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 11, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Republican Congressman Steve King is trying to get the U.S. House to pass a resolution that says States “may refuse” to recognize or license same-sex marriages, although such non-binding resolutions do not have the force of law. King’s resolution is...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 10, 2015 | News, Politics & Government, Religion
Bob Vander Plaats, a Christian conservative activist in Iowa, has been invited to a conference at the Vatican in November. “Received the invitation probably about a month ago now,” Vander Plaats said today during a Radio Iowa interview....
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2015 | News, Politics & Government, Religion
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee promises that on his first day as president he’d issue an executive order to provide new legal protections to businesses, schools and religious institutions that oppose same-sex marriage. “There will be no persecution or...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 29, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
Governor Terry Branstad says it will be up to “grassroots” Republicans attending his party’s state convention whether the Iowa GOP’s 2016 platform continues to oppose same-sex marriage. “It’s the delegates that make that decision...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 28, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
Three Republican presidential candidates campaigned in Iowa this weekend. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham was returning to the campaign trail for the first time after the slayings of nine African Americans in a Charleston church. “It’s been...