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Iowa has become the first state in the Midwest to approve same-sex marriage after the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously decided that a 1998 law limiting marriage to a man and a woman was unconstitutional. The decision was the culmination of a four-year legal battle that began in the lower courts. The Supreme Court said same-sex marriages could begin in Iowa in as soon as 21 days.
The case here was being closely followed by advocates on both sides of the issue. While the same-sex marriage debate has played out on both coasts, the Midwest — where no states had permitted same-sex marriage — was seen as entirely different. In the past, at least six states in the Midwest were among those around the country that adopted amendments to their state constitutions banning same-sex marriage.
“The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution,” the justices said in a summary of their decision.
And later in the ruling, they said: “Equal protection under the Iowa Constitution is essentially a direction that all persons similarly situated should be treated alike. Since territorial times, Iowa has given meaning to this constitutional provision, striking blows to slavery and segregation, and recognizing women’s rights. The court found the issue of same-sex marriage comes to it with the same importance as the landmark cases of the past…”
Iowa has no residency requirement for getting a marriage license, which some suggest may mean a flurry of people from other states.
Overdue.
Alright!
Now gays can be just as unhappy as straights!
Bout time.
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States are finding that during the econ crunch they are losing tax $ from gay couples as they don’t get the marriage penalty. Makes financial sense.
Count down for the polygamists to file a lawsuit in 6,5,4….
Count down for the polygamists to file their own lawsuit in 6,5,4….
why are lesbians so ugly? where are all the lesbians you see in porn flicks?
And the sheeplovers will come right after the ploygamists.
Iowa? Where the f@$k is Iowa? Square state? Good for you!
as what happened in california, a constitutional amendment will override the Iowa state supreme court’s stupidity, and in this case, it won’t be the close vote california was.
In 10 years people will be wondering what all the fuss is about… and the right wingers will still not be able to produce any heterosexual whose marriage has been harmed by letting gays marry…
#4 These are the kind of lesbians that are that way because no men would date them. Seriously.
The cute lesbians in college are just rebelling. The ones in porn are lesbians because they make money.
The ones that are serious about it look like the women in the pictures. Bitter, no make-up, un-flattering sweaters, and clipped hair.
I even mistakenly said, “Yes, sir,” to a lesbian. They don’t like that, but if they cared so much then they would fix themselves up and look like women.
#7 joe: So tell me… how has your heterosexual marriage been harmed by letting gays marry? Has any heterosexual marriage you know of been harmed by letting gays marry?
Anyone?
# 9 Benjamin… thanks for providing the ignorant bigot perspective.
I don’t suppose you actually know any gay people…
#11…in my experience Ben is not wrong.
And good-looking people they are…too bad they can’t conceive children.
Yeah! Now Gays can be miserable too.
Why the hell do I need the governments stamp of approval to get married anyway? The only thing lacking more common sense than government rejecting gay marriage… is the idea that a free people need the governments approval to get married in the first place! Idiots
Seriously, all the liberals and conservatives have their heads up their arses about this.
Very good analysis #9. I agree. I have never seen a so called “activist lesbian” that actually looked like a woman. They all look like slobs.
OK guys… lesbian 101 class here. They’re gay so (brace yourself here) they don’t care what men think about how they look. I know, that’s unspeakably rude — every woman, straight or gay, should look her best in order to please all the straight guys who gawk at her as she walks by, but life’s unfair like that sometimes. 🙂
# 11 Phydeau said, “I don’t suppose you actually know any gay people…”
I know many. None of the women are worth looking at from a guys point of view…
#11, what has “knowing” any lesbian got to do with the topic of how they “LOOK”. Just look at the picture. Activist lesbians are nasty as hell looking. Please refer me to a photograph of a beautiful activist lesbian that is referenced in a media article about gay marriage.
Paddy-O, see lesbian 101 lesson in #16.
#18 guiltywhiteliberal. Yeah, the nerve of those lesbians, not keeping themselves looking good for the heterosexual guys to look at. Tsk tsk…
I have never been so proud to be from Iowa. About freaking time!
# 19 Phydeau said, “Paddy-O, see lesbian 101 lesson in #16.”
It wouldn’t matter what these gals did, they still wouldn’t be lookers. Hetero lesson 100 for you.
So being a lesbian means you have no self respect so you allow yourself to look like a slob? I think #9 has actually a much more logical explanation. You always see to ugly lesbians together, never two beautiful lesbians together. Must be that butch looking slobs attract other butch looking slobs. Maybe it’s that simple…What do you think #9?
Look at the one in the picture above with it’s arm in the air…Looks like Frank, the cement truck driver from Queens.
#23 GWL: From talking to the lesbians I’ve met, I’ve gotten the impression that they have different standards of attractiveness than the straight women. Also, they don’t particularly like being hit on by straight men, so lots of them deliberately do not keep themselves looking “good” according to straight male standards. Capiche?
So what have you found out by talking to real lesbians? What’s that? You haven’t talked to any? Huh, how about that.
Was it Iowa that faced God’s wrath with the Cedar Rapids flood?
Playing with fire..
So this is what it’s come down to… opponents of gay marriage are reduced to making bigoted comments about the appearance of gay people.
Way to go, guys. Hope that works for you.
#14, Agreed.
#4, “where are all the lesbians you see in porn flicks?”
Most lesbian porn is made for men. Of course they look like that.