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Same-Gender Marriage in Iowa!

Unanimous ruling: Iowa marriage no longer limited to one man, one woman.  Des Moines Register.  April 3, 2009.

The landmark ruling is guaranteed to send shock waves through politics in Iowa and beyond. With no appeal as an option, opponents say their only hope to overturn Friday’s decision is an almost-certain bid to amend the state constitution. But that path, which would eventually require a public vote, would not yield results until 2012 at the earliest.

Links provided by the Register:

• Read the summary: Iowa Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage.
• Read the full opinion: Iowa Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage.

Iowa's gay marriage ban goes before high court.  LA Times.  November 27, 2008

The national fight over same-sex marriage is coming to a peak in Iowa, where the state's highest court will hear arguments next month over whether the state's ban on gay unions is unconstitutional.
The debate over the future of Iowa's Defense of Marriage Act, a decade-old law that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, comes after a ruling by a lower court judge last year.  . . .

Eyes on Iowa gay marriage case.  Iowa Ciy Press-Citizen. November 21, 2008

(www.glaad.org) November 24, 2008  -- Last August, Iowa’s Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to bar same-sex couples from marriage. However, only one couple was able to marry before the judge put a stay on the decision less than 24 hours later. The case, Varnum v. Brian, will be heard in the state Supreme Court Dec. 9. Iowa would be the first non-coastal state to allow marriage for gay and lesbian couples. “It could be a big step forward for Iowa and something Iowa could be proud of,” Justin Uebelhor, director of communications for One Iowa, told the Iowa Press-Citizen.