KCAUTV.comA Sioux City city council member is once again raising the hot topic of gay marriage.
This comes a month after an attempt to define marriage as a union between a man and a women.
On December 15th, the Sioux City City Council voted to defer a same-sex marriage resolution proposed by Councilman Brent Hoffman. Now, Councilman Dave Ferris has vowed to give the discussion a second chance, [saying he will bring up the issue at this Monday's council meeting.]
First deferred to seek the Attorney General's opinion on whether the council could take such an action, Ferris says he doubts that motion will see any follow through.
Therefore, he's taking action to make sure the issue doesn't fade away.
"I think in all fairness, it was brought up and it needs to be voted on. It can't get pushed under the table and dodged because no one wants to talk about it," says Ferris.
Blog for Iowa begs to differ. With the five-member council split 2-2 on the issue, Ferris is, and always has been, the deciding vote. It was Ferris whose vote tabled the ridiculous waste-of-time motion in the first place. And now he seems hell-bent on bringing this massively intrusive and divisive issue back to the city council--a governing body that has no jurisdiction over the issue whatsoever. Blog for Iowa calls on Mr. Ferris and Mr. Hoffman to table this shockingly intolerant behavior and get back to doing the job they were elected to do.
