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  • Iowa Judge Says Marriage Not Just Man, Woman--Ruling: Law Defining Marriage Invalid (MUST READ!)

    08/30/2007 10:26:47 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 78 replies · 2,575+ views
    WKMG Local 6 ^ | August 30, 2007
    DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Polk County judge has struck down Iowa's law preserving marriage for only a man and a woman. He ordered the county recorder's office to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Six gay and lesbian couples went to court for the right to legally marry in Iowa. Lamda Legal filed a lawsuit in 2005 on behalf of the couples in Iowa, saying they deserve equal protection under the law. Des Moines laywer Dennis Johnson represented six gay couples who filed the lawsuit after they were denied marriage licenses, and he says Hanson's ruling is a moral...