NRA's Anti-gay, mysogynist, war mongering, corrupt Board of Directors

Clel E. Baudler (born April 4, 1939) is the Iowa State Representative from the 20th District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1999. Baudler was born and raised in Fontanelle, Iowa and resides in Greenfield. He served as a state trooper with the Iowa State Patrol for 32 years. As of January 2013, Baudler serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Agriculture, Environmental Protection, Government Oversight, and Natural Resources committees. He also serves as the chair of the Public Safety committee. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association.[1] From He was also[when?] the most prominent Republican to support adding an amendment to the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage.[citation needed] The state's Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich and then-Senator Mike DeWine opposed the amendment's broad language, fearing it could bar not only same-sex marriage but also civil unions, domestic partnerships, and possibly wills and any legal contracts for homosexuals.[citation needed] Taft later[when?] also came out against the amendment, expressing his concern that its ambiguous language would have unintended consequences and leave the state open to a number of lawsuits.[citation needed] During the campaign Blackwell lobbied hard for this measure and was widely credited[by whom?] with attracting many conservative evangelical African Americans to the polls to vote for the measure and for Bush's re-election. The amendment passed with the approval of 62% of the voters.