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Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats has renewed his promise to end same-sex marriage with an executive order, even if it means facing impeachment.

Appearing on the show of controversial Christian radio host Steve Deace, Vander Plaats once again said if elected governor in 2010 he would issue an executive order stopping same-sex marriage until the [...]

Controversial radio host Steve Deace is the focus of a new YouTube video put together Iowa’s largest gay rights group with the hope it will help raise awareness of “attempts by extremists to undermine the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in favor of the freedom to marry.”
Justin Uebelhor, communications director of One Iowa, said the video [...]

Controversial Christian radio host Steve Deace and conservative blogger Craig Robinson are teaming up to test the field of potential candidates to take on Gov. Chet Culver in 2010.

Two of Iowa’s top-rated radio personalities compared the man suspected of murdering Kansas doctor George Tiller with 19th Century abolitionist John Brown.

The slaying Sunday of Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller has roused a broad spectrum of response from the anti-abortion community.
Dubuque County Right to Life Executive Director Steven Brody condemned the murder and offered his prayers to Tiller’s family, but seemed more worried that the shooting will spawn a negative reaction to anti-abortion groups.
“Our prayer is [...]

A recent guest column by Republican Rep. Steve King in The Des Moines Register has drawn the ire of a leader of Iowa’s social conservative movement, and even raised the specter of a primary.

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 [...]

Television star Oprah Winfrey is the “high priestess of American paganism” and “may have single-handedly done more damage to American culture than any currently living human being,” according to WHO 1040 radio host Steve Deace.
Deace, who hosts a three-hour Christian drive-time show on Iowa’s largest radio station, made the comments in a YouTube video posted [...]

Leaders of Iowa’s Republican Party are taking heat from social conservatives for a perceived lack of action on the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
Conservatives contend that leadership in the state senate did not push as hard as Republicans in the state house to overturn the court’s decision.