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HOLY CRAP!! i just got this from PROMO, the gay rights organization here in Missouri!
PROMO Hails Iowa Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality
(St. Louis, MO) - PROMO praised today’s decision by the Iowa Supreme Court granting marriage equality to same sex couples. The decision in the case of Varnum v. Brien, overturned the state’s 10-year-old law defining a “valid” marriage as only “between a male and female,” ruling that it violates the Iowa Constitution’s guarantees of equal treatment and due process. This makes Iowa the fourth state, after Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California, to grant marriage equality on the basis of judicial review and the first Midwestern state to recognize the fundamental right of same sex couples to marry. Last November Californians narrowly voted to re-establish a ban on same sex marriage with the passage of Proposition 8. Missouri passed a state constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage in 2004 by a margin of 71% to 29%.
Pack your bags, Mr Wonderful! We's headin' to IOWA!!