Iowa ousts 3 justices over gay marriage

Wednesday November 3, 2010
By C. David Kotok
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Iowa voters punished three justices of the Iowa Supreme Court for their 2009 ruling legalizing same-sex marriages.

The results do nothing to overturn the controversial 7-0 ruling by the court but sent a loud message that a majority of Iowa voters remained angry that the court — not the Legislature — had overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriages.

Ousted was Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, along with Justices David Baker and Michael Streit. They happened to be the three Supreme Court justices who faced a retention vote on Tuesday’s ballot. the rest