CNN is reporting a unanimous decision by the Iowa Supreme Court, holding that a state law prohibiting same-sex marriage violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution. Iowa joins Massachusetts and Connecticut in allowing same-sex marriages. Read the court’s opinion, here. On page 63 of the opinion, the Court takes the unusual step of addressing an argument “left unspoken” by the government, that being religious opposition to same-sex marriage.
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