"It is ridiculous that my future is in question because of how other people feel about it ... They don't know me."...
HuffingtonPost.com | Mollie Reilly | Posted 12.07.2011
WASHINGTON -- The legalization of marriage equality in Iowa created a miniature economic stimulus, according to a new study. A study by the Califor...
Posted 12.04.2011
GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann would turn back the clock on gay marriage in Iowa if she was elected - because that's what the people of I...
Iowa City Patch | B.A. Morelli | Posted 11.26.2011
Depending on the outcome of an unexpected election scheduled for Nov. 8, gay marriage in Iowa could be at risk. Unions are under threat, too. Nucl...
Posted 10.31.2011
Illinois State Representative Deb Mell recently married longtime partner Christin Baker in a quiet wedding ceremony performed by a judge in Davenport,...
Eliot Daley | Posted 09.24.2011
Voting is for communal preferences not for civil rights. Rights are permanent and cannot be retracted by the preferences expressed in a majority vote.
Posted 09.10.2011
By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) An Iowa-based conservative Christian organization has removed controversial language abo...
Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski | Posted 09.06.2011
"Here's to including, not excluding, kindhearted people ... who want nothing more than to find the right person, settle down, and one day perhaps get married."
The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is a proud opponent of marriage equality, a trait that he touted openly this weekend at the annual Conservative Political Act...
Loren A. Olson, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
I discovered why people love Valentine's Day. I had found dimensions of loving others in ways I had never known. The joys of that love have made it possible to endure the risks of loving another.
Posted 05.25.2011
When 19-year-old University of Iowa engineering student Zach Wahls made an explosive speech this week in defense of gay marriage, he didn't expect his...
Posted 05.25.2011
A 19-year-old University of Iowa engineering student defended gay marriage in a rousing testimony in front of the Iowa House of Representatives this w...
AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB and NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 05.25.2011
DES MOINES, Iowa — Emboldened by the success of a ballot initiative to oust Iowa judges who supported gay marriage, conservative activists are l...
Kevin Cathcart | Posted 05.25.2011
Something happened on Election Day in Iowa: Three well-respected Iowa Supreme Court Justices lost retention because they upheld marriage equality for same-sex couples. Let this spiteful campaign serve as a wake-up call.
AP | DAVID PITT and MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 05.25.2011
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Supreme Court rulings will be slowed after a contentious campaign persuaded voters to oust three justices, who supported...
Joe Mirabella | Posted 05.25.2011
One Iowa launched a new campaign called "Letters to Mr. Branstad." Terry Branstad is a former Iowa governor who was brought out of political retirement to challenge the current Governor of Iowa, Chet Culver.
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011
One of the most common arguments against marriage equality is that the legalization of gay marriage threatens the institution of traditional marriage....
Fred Karger | Posted 05.25.2011
Two more states are considering investigations of the National Organization for Marriage for improper reporting of campaign contributions and money laundering,
Carlos Watson | Posted 05.25.2011
I believe the ruling will hasten national acceptance of gay marriage. Let me explain.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Rather than head to Iowa, many same-sex couples in Chicago who want to marry seem content to wait until they can legally wed in Illinois, demonstratin...
AP | AMY LORENTZEN | Posted 05.25.2011
DES MOINES, Iowa — Same-sex couples in Iowa began holding hastily planned weddings Monday as the state became the third to allow gay marriage, a...
AP | ANDREA ZELINSKI | Posted 05.25.2011
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- In the wake of victories for same-sex marriage in other states, Illinois gay-rights activists plan to push forward soon with...
Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 05.25.2011
For now, gay marriage belongs to ordinary politics and its eventual acceptance will only be enhanced by avoiding courts and allowing the legislative process to work.
Chicago Tribune | Rex W. Huppke | Posted 05.25.2011
Once again, a humble Midwestern state is being laughed at by cosmopolitan smarty-pants on the East and West coasts. The victim this time, of course, i...
Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.25.2011
Gay marriage is about turning me gay. After all, what else outside of my fear of not being able to commit myself to another person before the eyes of the government was stopping me from gaining a love of dick?
marion.patch.com | Posted 01.20.2012