Iowa

Marriage (and Other LGBT) Rights in Iowa

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Ruby and has 3 comments.

Last night Ami, Frances, and I went to a tabling and networking event for LGBT people in Iowa City. While we were there we met a number of married same-sex couples.

People at the event were warm and welcoming. They were all very proud of their home state. As Janelle Rettig, a married lesbian running for a County Supervisor seat in 2010, told us, “I know that when they heard the news about marriage equality in Iowa everywhere else in the country, people responded, ‘Iowa?’ But we weren’t surprised.” She said there was a clause in the Iowa State Constitution that mandated that no laws or rights should apply to one group of people and not another. They take their equality seriously around here.

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Monday is Funday: Contest #3

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Ruby and has 8 comments.

So, to win this contest, tell me a fun fact about Iowa. Or about marriage. Or about marriage in Iowa. You decide. The winner will be picked at random from all the entrants.

What will you win? Why, your very own souvenir of this great state of Iowa. We’re not sure what it’ll be yet, but we have good taste in tchotchkes–as good as our taste in wives.

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