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Same-Sex Marriage Not Discussed At Iowa’s Special Senate Seat Debate | Iowa Republican Cindy Golding and Democrat Liz Mathis — the candidates in Iowa’s special Senate election — squared off in an hour-long candidate forum yesterday that focused on the economy and local issues. But as the forum ended, “one man shouted out that he wanted to know where the candidates stood on same-sex marriage and whether the candidates would support a House-passed resolution to put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the ballot.” National anti-gay groups like the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) have attempted to insert the issue into the election since a Republican victory would evenly split the balance of power in the senate and pave the way for such a measure. But neither candidate sees the issue as a priority and as forum moderator Todd Dorman noted, “[A]mong the audience questions we got, not one was on the marriage issue.”