The Iowa State Senator Cracking Down on Gay Camping
Iowa State Senator Merlin Bartz, a Republican, is doing what he can to infringe on the rights of Iowa’s gays, Supreme Court decisions be damned. And he’s starting where it matters most: with campground rules.
Following the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage there, Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources is planning on including gay families in its “family camping” policies at state parks, which really don’t amount to anything like reduced fees, but it does allow families to put up one more tent than would otherwise be permitted. So, as a sitting member of the Administrative Rules Review Committee, he’s demanding DNR officials explain why they’re changing things up without letting the legislature weigh in.
Which is a silly question to have. We all know the department is in cahoots with NAMBLA activists trying to turn state parks into gay sex indoctrination camps. Some advice: If Bartz blocks ya, there’s always the Boy Scouts.
Uh Oh, another rightwing lunatic involved in “pitching tents” …. :-p
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Here we go again!! Another antigay politician obsessed with gay issues!! What have we learned about them folks???
I wonder how many airport rest rooms he hangs out in..has he ever been to the site “rentboy.com??”
Could somebody please convince this guy that life is much more wonderful being out of the closet than in it? Please!!!!
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What gay man wants to camp (as in pitching a tent…a canvas one) anyway? Tried it a couple of times and ran for the nearest Hilton!!!! I’ll saving my camping for dishing the dirt, not wallowing in it….
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“Iowa Senator seeks comprehensive Gay Camp reform” New restrictions to be placed on inserting “ghurl” and “mary” between every word, speed of talking, lightness of heels and angle of extended pinkie fingers. Merlin Bartz (R); “We have to bring this under control before it’s too late. Good taste has suffered for too long”.
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My idea of camping is Motel 6, but this State Senator’s ignorance of, ya know, the LAW is glaring. What is he afraid of? People with better tents? Lesbians stealing his cache of beer or gay men with colorful rain hats & ponchos?
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This makes us in Arizona wish that we had State Legislators like Iowa’s. The State of Iowa Legislature must have their budget all taken care of, education issues worked out, absolutely nothing on their desk but worries like this?????? WOW
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So if Bartzy gets his way, gay families won’t be permitted to set up a separate tent for the kids; they’ll have to share the big tent with their two daddy bears. Is THIS what merlin wants? Is it? :D