Saturday, April 4, 2009

Marriage Equality in the Midwest

Yesterday, Iowa's Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. The court held that denying same-sex couples the right to marry deprives them of equal protection of the laws. Here is a nice summary of the ruling by the Des Moines Register. Also, it's worth noting the court treated sexual orientation as a "suspect class" in their analysis.

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