DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- About 300 people endured rain and wind outside the Statehouse to show their opposition to gay marriage.
Republican candidate for governor Bob Vander Plaats told the crowd at a rally Monday morning that Gov. Chet Culver should sign an executive order that prevents same-sex marriage in Iowa until the matter can be put to voters.
Same-sex couples will be able to get married within weeks because of an April 3 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that the state's law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional.
Culver spokesman Phil Roeder says governors don't have the power to block a Supreme Court decision. Roeder criticized Vander Plaats for giving the public the impression that Culver could overrule the court.
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