It's a good day to be in Iowa for the LGBT community.
Today the Iowa State Supreme Court ruled that a 1998 law banning gay marriage was unconstitutional.
Iowa is the first Midwestern state to allow gay marriage. It follows behind Massachusetts and Connecticut as the only states to allow gay marriage. Unlike Massachusetts however, Iowa does not have a state residency requirement for marriage licenses.
The risk now, however, is a repeat of what happened California. The ruling cannot be overturned any time soon, but it could be in the next election.
Congratulations, Iowa! Now to convince your surrounding states to do the same.
What happened to Hawaii? I thought gay marriage was legal there? Of course, I hadn't remembered Iowa passing a ban, though I wasn't able to vote at the time. Actually, that was the same year that my high school (in West Des Moines, Iowa) tried to keep the Gay/Straight Alliance out of the yearbook by banning all non-academic clubs. I'm proud to say that all the students in the school boycotted the yearbook pictures until they had to give in and allow it.
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