By: Chris Gilson, cgilson@cbs4qc.com
Could gay marriage in Iowa soon be a thing of the past? It may rest on one Supreme Court Justice's bid for re-election.
Justice David Wiggins could lose his seat pending the outcome. He and six colleagues ruled in 2009 that banning gay marriage is unconstitutional in Iowa. But, now some opponents of gay marriage known as the ‘No Wiggins' want to vote him out with hopes of reversing the court decisions.
"Now you have an opportunity to tip the balance with a fourth justice and an opportunity to even reverse this horrific decision," Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.
That was former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum who made a few stops on the ‘No Wiggins' bus tour just a few weeks ago. A group who said Justice David Wiggins needs to be voted off the bench this fall. A cause that's firing up folks on both sides of the political spectrum.
"It's just sad that something so fundamental as the right to marry the one that you love should be subject to such an unprecedented attack," Rev. Rich Hendricks said.
Reverend Rich Hendricks of the Community Church of the Quad Cities said he's performed hundreds of same-sex marriages over the past few years. Hendrick's said its basic civil right for everyone.
"Marriage hasn't collapsed in Iowa or anywhere else. It's as ever bit as strong as it used to be in fact I think it's stronger because of the appreciation for it," Hendricks said.
But, others disagree.
"I don't believe their interpretation of freedom agrees with mine," Fritz Fuhs said.
Fritz Fuhs said letting people of the same-sex marry weakens society. He wonders where you draw the line for other issues that could come up down the road.
"If same–sex people are free to marry then what would be our objection to the Mormon who wants four wives," Fuhs said.
A similar conservative movement in 2010 was successful in getting three of the six justices who ruled in favor of gay marriage voted off the state's Supreme Court.
Wiggins' race is seen as a measure of the attitude toward gay marriage.
