Iowa Legalizes Gay Marriage!
Just five minutes away from my super conservative state, Iowa did something we liberal midwesterners thought could never happen.
They repealed a law limiting marriage to man/woman partnerships only. effectively legalizing gay marriage.
And how did they do it? They stated that to limit it was violating people’s constitutional right to “pursuit of happiness”.
In a nation where even hippies and Hollywood starlets can’t keep marriage for everyone, I was completely convinced Iowa wouldn’t be able to pull it off? For real, we make fun of our neighbors to the east, saving the best of our barbs for the city directly to the east of us (Council Bluffs, i love you so!). Now, however? I kind of want to pack up and move ten minutes away to a state that regularly shows up blue on the map, and recognizes all people are in fact created equal.
GO IOWA!!!
February 19th, 2010 at 11:12 am
So my lady says to me the further day, “I love you just the way you are.” How cute, right? Well, fall on; it’s not that trouble-free. Let me offer you the past of the discussion … We had just sit down for a pasta dinner.