If you had your rice, bouquets and tux handy, and some champagne on ice, you could get a quicky same-sex wedding in Iowa yesterday. IOWA? Yup a judge overturned the ban on same sex marriages but unfortunately called for a moratorium on issuing licenses to same-sex couples about four hours later until the Iowa Supreme Court decided whether to consider an appeal.
Still a few couples were ready and tied the knot making Iowa only the second state to issue official marriage licenses. Personally I think this will put Iowa squarely in the middle of a battle over the constitutionality of gay marriage in general and perhaps it could spread to other states.
This could be a good or bad thing. It undoubtedly be a rallying cry for gay marriage opponents, and might give their flagging campaigns a boost. Or, it could energize the GLBT community to actually get out and vote in the next election instead of watching from the sidelines.
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