Iowa court says gay marriage ban unconstitutional

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:33 am

By AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press Writer Amy Lorentzen, Associated Press Writer – 22 mins ago

DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa's 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 court says gay marriage ban unconstitutional - Yahoo! News

Interesting that Iowa is so progressive..

SpiderLily · Post by **SpiderLily** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:04 pm

flopstock;1168628 wrote: By AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press Writer Amy Lorentzen, Associated Press Writer – 22 mins ago

DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa's 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 court says gay marriage ban unconstitutional - Yahoo! News

Interesting that Iowa is so progressive..

Wow. That surprises me, too!

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:18 pm

I think it's great. Utah will always be the last state to legalize it.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:08 pm

Loooong before I was on the internet - maybe a decade - I was involved in a "chat across the Atlantic" paper based magazine. They were all Iowans.

Have I got a slightly skewed view of the USA?