Iowa Supreme Court to hear gay marriage arguments

http://www.365gay.com/news/iowa-supreme-court-to-hear-gay-marriage-arguments/

(Des Moines, Iowa) The Iowa Supreme Court has announced it will hear arguments Dec. 9 in a case challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

The court said that both sides will be given 30 minutes to make their arguments.

Last year, Polk County Judge Robert Hanson struck down a state law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. He ruled that a state law allowing marriage only between a man and woman violated the constitutional rights of due process and equal protection.

Less than two hours after the the ruling, two Des Moines men applied for a marriage license, found a judge to waive the waiting period, and were married.

Hanson then stayed his ruling until the state could appeal it to the Iowa Supreme Court. The marriage of Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan remains the only legal same-sex marriage in the state.

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Midwesterners get sucked down into the undertow of Red Statedom by the religious nuts and dipshits we have galore.

I wish I could say the same about Ohio.

If we stopped feeding the Conservatives they'd either starve or leave.

It works for squirrels.

When the economy is bad things get tight. People who can leave for better jobs elsewhere do. Poverty and fundementalism and ignorance go hand and hand for those who remain.

It's a sorry state.