1.0 link 183015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/03/iowa-upholds-same-sex-mar_n_183015.html The decision should carry a special resonance in Illinois, which, like most other states, has a law on the books defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Iowa is now the first Midwestern state -- and only the fourth nationwide -- to allow gay marriages.

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