I am going to now rip off some of
Wikipedia:
Same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of Iowa was allowed for a short time from August 30 to August 31, 2007, in Polk County as a result of a ruling by Robert Hanson, a judge in the Polk County District Court, in Varnum v. Brien.
The ruling was made as a result of a suit brought against Polk County by six same-sex couples who had been denied marriage licenses. Hanson's ruling states, in part, that
Couples, such as plaintiffs, who are otherwise qualified to marry one another may not be denied licenses to marry or certificates of marriage or in any other way prevented from entering into a civil marriage... by reason of the fact that both person comprising such a couple are of the same sex.
Polk County has appealed the decision to the Iowa Supreme Court, which will hear arguments in the case on December 9, 2008.
So, my gay friends. While you are picketing the Mormon Church in New York as a result of an amendment that has already passed in California, there is an actual state Supreme Court hearing in less than a month in the state of
Iowa. You know... the state that just swung hard for Barack Obama. And while this is not something that requires a vote by the people that we need to campaign for, it certainly seems like a more advantageous use of our time and effort to bring forth visibility there.
Don't let this opportunity slip through the fingers because we were too busy being dramatic about Prop 8!
A Puzzlement: Why Aren't the Gays Headed for IOWA?
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