Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says Iowa voters have sent a national message by ousting three state Supreme Court justices over the gay marriage issue.
Huckabee was in Des Moines on Sunday courting evangelical conservatives.
He told reporters the decision by the state’s voters to oust the justices resonated across the country. He thinks it will also add momentum to a larger movement over the gay marriage issue.
The justices’ ouster came after a well-funded campaign by conservative groups objecting to their part in a 2009 decision that legalized gay marriage in Iowa.
The former Baptist minister Huckabee planned to speak to more than 1,000 evangelicals at a massive church in Des Moines. The gathering is marking the merger of a series of evangelical groups.