Explaining the Iowa ruling

At "Time to add another star", UNRR commented:

Another short-sighted and counterproductive effort by a court to unconstitutionally change existing legislation and manufacture a right which did not and does not exist, rather than allowing gay marriage to be legalized through the political process. And I say this as someone who strongly supports gay marriage. The way to do it is shown by Vermont.

Having the courts arbitrarily declare gay marriage a right, based on nothing other than their own opinion, helps cause a backlash, increases hostility toward gays, makes many people view gay marriage as an illegitimate institution, and even alienates some gay marriage supporters, such as myself.

But he now links to this post at The Victorious Opposition which does a nice job of boiling the ruling down to brass tacks and convinced him to change his mind about the constitutionality of the decision. So good on him.