Comments on: Someone is knocking on the door…. https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/03/someone-is-knocking-on-the-doo/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Joel https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/03/someone-is-knocking-on-the-doo/#comment-533538 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:54:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/03/someone-is-knocking-on-the-doo/#comment-533538 Same-sex marriage now legal in Iowa

In a precedent-setting ruling, the Iowa Supreme Court today upheld a lower court decision legalizing same-sex marriages in Iowa.

The unanimous court decision is expected to carry national implications as Iowa becomes the first Midwest state to grant full legal standing to gay and lesbian couples and only the third state nationally to confer marital status beyond traditional one-man, one woman unions.

“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 opinion stated. “The Legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of people from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification.”

http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090403/NEWS/704039928/1001/NEWS

YES!!!

]]> By: george.w https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/03/someone-is-knocking-on-the-doo/#comment-533537 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:00:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/03/someone-is-knocking-on-the-doo/#comment-533537 Great. Now I have that song stuck in my head…

Lovely picture, though.

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