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Republican says marriage is like selling alcohol and cutting hair
Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa said Tuesday that same sex marriage should be prohibited because the government had the right to regulate human behavior. “The state’s require a marriage license,” King said. “A license is by definition a permit to do that which is otherwise illegal. Licenses are used…
Rep. Steve King: Gun safety advocates are ‘anti-Second Amendment people’
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) suggested that advocates of gun safety proposed measures to curb violence after the December massacre of 20 elementary school children in Newtown, Connecticut because they are “anti-Second Amendment people” and want to end the right to bear arms. In an interview before President Barack Obama’s second…
Rep. Steve King again takes aim at ‘anchor babies’
For his first major action in the new 113th Congress, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) introduced a bill on Friday that would restrict birthright citizenship in the United States. The U.S. has long maintained that anyone born within the country is a citizen, regardless of the status of their parents. However,…
Steve King: Don’t spend Sandy relief on ‘Gucci bags and massage parlors’
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) insisted on strict guidelines for any federal relief packages for victims of superstorm Sandy during a debate Tuesday night. “I am going to ask them to lay this out,” King said, according to The Des Moines Register. “Don’t just throw a dart at the dartboard and…
Rep. Steve King: ‘Hyperventilators’ turned ‘compliment’ comparing immigrants to dogs into insult
During an hour-long interview with an Iowa local television station on Sunday, Rep. Steve King (R) articulated a number of right-wing conspiracy theories, including saying he couldn’t say for sure where the president was born and that he believed a State Department aide had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. When WHO TV’s John…
Santorum: ‘Game over’ if Obama wins again
At a campaign event for Iowa Rep. Steve King (R), former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum warned that the United States was “over” if President Barack Obama was re-elected in November. “This is your moment. We lose — Steve King will tell you — we lose, and Obamacare implemented, it’s over.…
Steve King contradicts himself in support of Todd Akin
As he chimed in supporting embattled Missouri senatorial candidate Todd Akin, Iowa Rep. Steve King (R-IA) may have walked into his own verbal minefield. While defending Akin, a fellow Republican, to KMEG-TV Monday, King doubled down on his defense of Akin and vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s bill that would ban…
Colbert: ‘Why can’t I watch Steve King have sex with a dog?’
In a dog-eat-dog world, Stephen Colbert said Tuesday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) should be applauded for standing up to the “puppy-huggers” at the Humane Society, before playing last week’s tele-town hall event where King defended his introduction of legislature that would undercut animal-cruelty laws. (Warning: graphic image) “When the legislation…
Rep. Steve King defends the right to watch dog fighting
Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) is standing up for the rights of Americans who want to see dogs and others animals pitted against one another in fights that often result in the animals’ deaths. During a tele-townhall event last week, King complained about an amendment to the farm bill that…
Rep. Steve King pushes to ban same sex marriages on military bases
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Thursday pushed for legislation that would prohibit same sex couples from having wedding ceremonies at military facilities. He said on the House floor that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) prohibited such ceremonies and accused the Obama administration of trying to undermine “marriage between one…
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