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Same-Sex Ruling Belies the Staid Image of Iowa

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: April 25, 2009
From the New York Times:  ELDON, Iowa — As of Monday, gay couples will be allowed to marry in places like this small town that once served as the background for Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” the painter’s famous depiction of stern, traditional Midwesterners. Many people, even some who live here, cannot mesh their plain-Jane image [...]
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Iowa High Court Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: April 3, 2009
April 3, 2009 · The Iowa Supreme Court unamimously struck down the state’s gay marriage ban Friday, ruling that it violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples. In 2005, Lambda Legal, a New York-based gay rights organization, sued on behalf of six gay and lesbian Iowa couples in Polk County who were denied marriage [...]
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