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Thank you for "Constitution 'Defenders' Aim to Kill It" (April 30 editorial).
The constitution of Iowa says all citizens are entitled to equal protection under the law. The law does not say this only applies to heterosexuals. In a basic law class the first thing you learn is that your opinion of a law does not matter, rather it is what the law says. Only what the law says matters.
For example, the Second Amendment says in part: the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I may not like that law; I may think the founding fathers did not intend that to mean assault weapons, but that is not what the law says.
The justices of the Iowa Supreme Court who lost in the last election agreed on this point of law. It is because they have read the law, put aside their personal opinion and given an impartial ruling. Anything less is activism.
- John Oler, Des Moines
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