O Iowa tagata ofisa turisi ua faʻatutuina le faʻaiuga o gay tausaga i Disneyland e maketi ai le setete o Hawkeye mo faʻaipoipoga faʻafeusuaiga ma tamaʻitaʻi, o loʻo faʻatulafonoina iina ae le faʻatulafonoina i Kalefonia.

"Matou te mananaʻo i tagata ia latou iloa afai e le mananaʻo le Fono Faitulafono a Kalefonia e faia le laʻasaga e tuʻuina atu ai i ulugaliʻi aia tatau e faʻaipoipo ai, ia faʻamolemole mafaufau e omai i Iowa i le mea o le a matou faʻafeiloaʻi fiafia ai ia te oe ma lima tatala," Joe Jennison, faʻatonu pulega o le Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance, na ia taʻu atu i le Orange County Register.

Iowa turisi ofisa - nisi gay, nisi leai - faatuina se faleʻie i le faʻaiuga o lenei vaiaso i le Disney's Grand Californiaian Hotel, lea o se faʻaletupeina potopoto faʻatasi o gay ma lesbians ulugaliʻi o fiafia i le Disneyland Resorts. E valaʻaulia tagata e faʻataʻitaʻi keke faʻaipoipo ma faʻapipiʻi ata i totonu o le faavaa e faitauina faapea: “Faʻatoa Faʻaipoipo… i le Aai o Iowa.”

O loʻo vaʻaia e le aliʻi o Jennison le faleʻie, ma ia faʻailoa i le Orange County Register e sau o ia mai Iowa ae na nofo i Kalefonia mo le 13 tausaga ae le i toe foʻi i lona atunuʻu i le 2003. O loʻo fai ma sui o le Iowa City-Coralville Area Convention ma tagata asiasi, na ia taʻua o faletalimalo ma faleoloa o ata faʻaipoipo - ma isi ekalesia - o loʻo naunau e faʻatautaia le gay gay.

"Na masani ona ou mauaina Iowans e matala," o le tala lea a Heinkel i le nusipepa. "O se ituaiga o mea e ofo ai ona o (gay faaipoipo) o se mea tele iinei."

Iowa o se tasi o setete e fa i le atunuʻu atoa e faʻatagaina ai faʻaipoipoga gay, ina ua maeʻa le faʻaiuga a le faʻamasinoga maualuga i le amataga o lenei tausaga.

O sui mo le toatolu o ofisa o malo a le setete na asiasi mai i fafo mo le tolu-aso Gay Days, lea na faataavale ai le au auai e 30,000 i le taulaga e auai i Disneyland. Gay Aso e le lagolagoina pe faʻavaivaia e Disney.

O sui o Iowa o loʻo puʻeina fua ata ma tuʻuina atu ia peleue tuxedo ma veli faʻaipoipo. O loʻo latou tufaina atu foʻi polosiua e faʻailoaina Iowa City, Cedar Rapids ma Coralville, faʻatasi ai ma isi taulaga.

Na latou taʻuina i le Tusi Resitala o Orange County latou te iloa latou te le ono faia ni tusi faʻaipoipoga i le faʻaiuga o lenei vaiaso pe faʻatosina seisi e oso i luga o se vaʻalele i Iowa i le taimi nei. Tusa lava, tele o ulugaliʻi na aveina i latou luga luga o le ofa o keke ma se ata, e ui e le o tagata uma na vave ona talitonuina o Iowa e fetaui lelei mo i latou.

"Ae e le o le fesili," o le tala lea a Valerie Gonzales, 31, o West Covina i le Tusi a le Orange County. "Kalefonia e tatau ona matua alualu i luma, ae foliga mai o Iowa e sili atu (alualu i luma) nai lo tatou."

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

“We want people to know that if the California Legislature is unwilling to take the step to give gay couples the right to marry, then please consider coming to Iowa where we will gladly welcome you with open arms,”.
Jennison is manning the booth, and told the Orange County Register he is originally from Iowa but lived in California for 13 years before moving back to his home state in 2003.
They told the Orange County Register they know they won’t likely book any weddings this weekend or persuade anybody to hop on a plane to Iowa immediately.