Gov. Tim Pawlenty told political activists in Iowa that he supports efforts in that state to vote out judges who ruled against a ban on same-sex marriage. Three Iowa Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of gay marriage are up for reelection in 2010 and social conservatives are waging a campaign to get them voted out of office.

“I think the law should support that, and to the extent you have judges inserting their personal views to change that, I don’t like it,” Pawlenty said.

“The notion that judges stand for election is embedded in the Iowa Constitution. It’s embedded in the Minnesota Constitution,” Pawlenty said. “It’s the right and privilege of the citizens of this state and my state to weigh in on whether they like or don’t like the job that a judge is doing and to agree or disagree with him.”

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Minnesota Public Radio’s Bob Collins explores what Pawlenty might really mean in his statements:

Pawlenty’s comments, however, reduce legal rulings in Iowa and San Francisco to mere personal opinions, when, in fact, both cited case law in building the foundation for their ruling.

There may well be case law that Pawlenty has in mind to counter the the rulings, but he doesn’t provide it. He provides his opinion that marriage should be between a man and a woman.