"It will not come up. I have no intention of taking it up.... I'm not inclined to move legislation forward on this issue next year. It's time we learned to accept them.... I've learned a lot. I've talked to a lot of people. I see a bunch of people who merely want to profess their love for each other. I don't think that's so wrong.''
Michael Gronstal, majority leader of the Iowa Senate, on why he plans to deny a debate of an anti-gay bill which seeks to overturn that state's new Supreme Court ruling that has essentially called for legalization of same-sex marriages. Gronstal was also remarking on why he has changed his mind since 1998 when he voted to ban gay marriages. (Chicago Tribune / AP)
