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Gay Marriage legal in Iowa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Iowa

Quote:

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and first in the nation's heartland — to allow same-sex couples to wed.

Iowa joins only Massachusetts and Connecticut in permitting same-sex marriage. For six months last year, California's high court allowed gay marriage before voters banned it in November.

The Iowa justices upheld a lower-court ruling that rejected a state law restricting marriage to a union between a man and woman.
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The county attorney who defended the law said he would not seek a rehearing. The only recourse for opponents appeared to be a constitutional amendment, which could take years to ratify.

"We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important governmental objective," the Supreme Court wrote.

Iowa lawmakers have "excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification."

To issue any other decision, the justices said, "would be an abdication of our constitutional duty."

'It's a big win'
The Iowa attorney general's office said gay and lesbian couples can seek marriage licenses starting April 24, once the ruling is considered final.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30027685/

Iowa?? Iowa??

Iowa was so yesterday. :rolleyes:

Today, it's all about Vermont.

Thanks Pie - AGAIN! You beat me to it.

Also, DC voted to recognize gay marriages from out-of-state. A good start.

Iowa, Vermont and DC? I wouldn't be caught STRAIGHT in those states!

:p

So, uh, where would you be caught straight? Hypothetically speaking.

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Originally Posted by Pie (Post 553734)

So, uh, where would you be caught straight? Hypothetically speaking.

Lesbian Bar.

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 (Post 553681)

Iowa?? Iowa??

They had to do something to save the farm animals...

eta: I've just realized this looks like I think all gay people are into beastiality. Of course, there might be some, but I definitely don't mean to imply that all gay people are weirdo's. Just the usual percentage. :)

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Originally Posted by Aliantha (Post 553747)

Well as Bill Clinton has proved time and time again, you don't have to be gay to fuck a cow.

:p

The significance of the Vermont decision is that it's the first time a legislature did it without prodding from the courts.

Past the symbology of the heartland setting, the Iowa decision was impressive in its solid, eloquent, and decisive dismantling of all legal arguments against gay marriage.

Vermont is just a midwestern state misplaced on the map.

So they fuck a lot of sheep there too?

"The men are men,
The women are men,
The sheep are nervous."