And Iowa DUer just posted this in the IA State Forum - Judge throws out Iowa's gay marriage ban!

[Debi]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...


Here's the direct link to the article:

http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20...

[ccpup]

1. is the link to the Register broken?

I just get a dark page when I click it.

[Debi]

9. Sorry, try this one

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS/70830044/1001&lead=1

Otherwise just go to www.dmregister.com the story is right on top in the 'Breaking News' section.

[karlrschneider]

11. Try this link

http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS/70830044/1001&lead=1

[uppityperson]

2. good

[Change has come]

3. Thanks for posting

Here is a snippet!

A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage.

The ruling by Judge Robert Hanson concluded that the state’s prohibition on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and he ordered Polk County Recorder Julie Haggerty to issue marriage licenses to several gay couples.

“It’s a moral victory for equal rights,” said Des Moines lawyer Dennis Johnson, who represented six gay couples who filed suit after they were denied marriage licenses.

Camilla Taylor, an attorney with Lambda Legal, a New York-based gay rights organization, said the ruling requires “full equality for all Iowans including gay and lesbian Iowans and their families.”






:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

[valerief]

4. Wow! Iowa USA???????? Wow! Great news. nt

[Debi]

10. I know, right?

Crazy but wonderful!

[Hobarticus]

5. Here's the story...

Sorry mods, I'm likely breaking a rule or two....

A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage.

The ruling by Judge Robert Hanson concluded that the state’s prohibition on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and he ordered Polk County Recorder Julie Haggerty to issue marriage licenses to several gay couples. “It’s a moral victory for equal rights,” said Des Moines lawyer Dennis Johnson, who represented six gay couples who filed suit after they were denied marriage licenses. Camilla Taylor, an attorney with Lambda Legal, a New York-based gay rights organization, said the ruling requires “full equality for all Iowans including gay and lesbian Iowans and their families.”

“The Iowa Constitution has lived up to its promises of equality for everyone,” she said.

-snip-

Johnson argued that Iowa has a long history of aggressively protecting civil rights in cases of race and gender. He said the Defense of Marriage Act, which the Legislature passed in 1998, contradicts previous court rulings regarding civil rights and should be struck down. He said some of the case history in Iowa suggests that marriage is a fundamental right and as such, the state can’t choose who people can or cannot marry.

Johnson said the Defense of Marriage law is “mean spirited” and was designed only to prohibit gays from marrying. He said it violates the state constitution’s equal protection and due-process clauses.

[Debi]

6. Thanks Hobarticus - today is a good day to break the rules

This story is one to be shouted from the mountaintops (or hill-tops since we're in Iowa and all)

Good luck to the Cyclones tonight - we'll be at the UNI game :bounce:

[Hobarticus]

18. Hey, me too!

Friend of mine said the 'Clones looked pretty weak last night. Ugh.

I am so proud of this, I don't care what anyone anywhere says about Iowa today.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[rodeodance]

7. well, well. sweet sweet

[shenmue]

8. Poetic justice

:applause:

Another court sees through the bonkers fundamentalists. There's no other institution from which we ban people because we don't like them. :grr:

[Madspirit]

12. k&r...I'm shocked and amazed...n/t

[Hepburn]

13. Out-fucking-standing! K&R!

Thanks for the thread. If Iowa is coming around to the FACT that everyone deserved EQUAL treatment, hopefully the rest of the country will be close behind!

Bravo, Iowa Judge!! :applause:

[MelissaB]

14. Wow! Congrats Iowa!

:applause:

[Duncan Grant]

15. Kicky-poo.

Eat it, conservatives. Maybe we'll return this country to the 21st century after all. :woohoo: :kick:

[BlooInBloo]

16. Yah - next thing you'll be tellin me that TX commutes a death sentence...

... What d'ya think I am, stupid?

:rofl:

[proud patriot]

17. Good !

:D

[progressoid]

19. How is it I missed K&Ring this earlier?