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  • Iowa Gay Marriage Applications Halted

    09/01/2007 8:38:29 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 8 replies · 482+ views
    My Way News ^ | August 31, 2007 | David Pitt
    DES MOINES, Iowa - Same-sex marriage was legal here for less than 24 hours before the county won a stay of a judge's order on Friday, a tiny window of opportunity that allowed two men to make history but left dozens of other couples disappointed after a frantic rush to the altar. At 2 p.m. Thursday, Judge Robert Hanson ordered Polk County officials to accept marriage license requests from same-sex couples, but he granted the stay at about 12:30 p.m. Friday. By then 27 same-sex couples had filed applications, but only Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan of Ames had made...