Iowa Lawmakers Seek to Punish Judges for Gay Marriage Ruling

If the justices are going to behave like legislators, they ought to receive lawmakers’ pay.

— Iowa state Rep. Larry Sheets (R), member of the group of Iowa Republican lawmakers that has attached an amendment to a judicial branch budget bill that would reduce the salaries of the four remaining justices who were part of the groundbreaking case to legalize same-sex marriage in the state, the Sioux City Journal reports. Their salaries would be reduced from about $163,000 annually to $25,000, the amount legislators are paid.</h2>

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