Gay Marriage legal in Iowa

piercehawkeye45 · 04-07-2009, 02:33 PM

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

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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??

Pie · 04-07-2009, 02:46 PM

Iowa was so yesterday.

Today, it's all about Vermont.

classicman · 04-07-2009, 02:48 PM

Thanks Pie - AGAIN! You beat me to it.

Happy Monkey · 04-07-2009, 02:58 PM

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

Sheldonrs · 04-07-2009, 04:05 PM

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

:p

Pie · 04-07-2009, 04:17 PM

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

Sheldonrs · 04-07-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

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

Lesbian Bar.

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-10-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Lesbian Bar.

Why am I reminded of "Where do you usually go to be insulted?"

Maybe it's the format.

What peeved some Californians about it was the idea that Prop. 8 was having at least some of its strings pulled from Salt Lake City. What, they'd like to know, was Utah's interest in the matter? Though the answer was predictable enough from Mormon social values. Approximately the ultimate in alienation from your fellow parishioners may be accomplished in being Mormon, black, and gay.

Pie · 04-07-2009, 04:44 PM

Aliantha · 04-07-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

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.

Sheldonrs · 04-07-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

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.

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

:p

Sundae · 04-09-2009, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

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

Is that why it's not legal in Australia? Enough sheep to go around?

Aliantha · 04-07-2009, 05:13 PM

Happy Monkey · 04-07-2009, 05:25 PM

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.

TheMercenary · 04-08-2009, 03:52 AM

Vermont is just a midwestern state misplaced on the map.

04-07-2009, 02:46 PM	#2
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Iowa was so yesterday. Today, it's all about Vermont. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-07-2009, 02:48 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Thanks Pie - AGAIN! You beat me to it. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-07-2009, 02:58 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Also, DC voted to recognize gay marriages from out-of-state. A good start. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics] Last edited by Happy Monkey; 04-07-2009 at 03:03 PM.

04-07-2009, 04:05 PM	#5
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Iowa, Vermont and DC? I wouldn't be caught STRAIGHT in those states! :p __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

04-07-2009, 04:17 PM	#6
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	So, uh, where would you be caught straight? Hypothetically speaking. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-07-2009, 04:44 PM	#9
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	__________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-07-2009, 05:13 PM	#13
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04-07-2009, 05:25 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	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. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Vermont is just a midwestern state misplaced on the map. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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