Posts Tagged ‘ iowa ’

Gays Out, Conservatives In – the Closet.

Apr 10th, 2009 | By Michael L. Brown | Category: Culture, News

Over the last week, there were three major victories for gay activists: The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled that there were no constitutional grounds to ban same-sex marriage; the Vermont legislature passed a same-sex marriage bill and then overrode the governor’s veto; and Washington, D.C. indicated that it would begin [...]



Gay Marriage Legalized in Iowa

Apr 3rd, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Law & Politics, News

Gay marriage is now legal in Iowa.  According to the AP:
Iowa’s Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and the first in the nation’s heartland — to allow same-sex couples to wed.
In its decision, the high court upheld a lower court’s ruling that [...]