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Attacks against his Christian faith by a Des Moines radio host were “outrageous” and “crossed the line of decency,” Democratic state Sen. Matt McCoy told the Iowa Independent Tuesday.
Last week, WHO-AM radio host Steve Deace and his pastor, Bob Deever of Grace West Church in West Des Moines, said McCoy could not be a [...]

WHO-AM radio host Steve Deace spent an hour of his show Thursday questioning the faith of Democratic state Sen. Matt McCoy, Iowa’s only openly gay legislator.
Deace and his pastor, Bob Deever of Grace West Church in West Des Moines, said that McCoy calling himself a Christian is a “statement of ignorance.”
“It’s best not to let [...]

Iowa’s only openly gay legislator, State Sen. Matt McCoy, has recorded and released a YouTube video reacting to today’s Iowa Supreme Court decision granting marriage rights to same-sex couples.  In the video, he explains why he does not expect the court’s decision to be overturned by a constitutional amendment.  He expresses pride in the Hawkeye [...]

State Reps. Dwayne Alons, R-Hull, and Dolores Mertz, D-Ottosen, have proposed a bill to amend Iowa’s Constitution and define marriage as being between a man and a woman.
House Joint Resolution 6 was introduced Friday as funnel week was coming to a close.  It has little chance of coming up for debate this session. It was [...]

Radio Iowa’s O. Kay Henderson has the scoop on a bill proposed by Sen. Matt McCoy, D-Des Moines, that would remove the words “husband” and “wife” from Iowa laws and replace them with the word “spouse.”

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley has put to bed a rumor that he may challenge Gov. Chet Culver in 2010.

Hundreds of Iowans rallied at the State Capitol on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to allow a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in the state.

Led by a coalition of pastors, about 350 opponents of gay marriage gathered on the west steps of the Capitol for speeches and then marched to the [...]