Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Fragility of Gay Iowa

....It's a brand new day here in Iowa since April 3 when we became the nation's third state — and the Midwest's first — to permit same-sex marriage. But during the state's first three weeks of legalized gay marriage (the law went into effect April 27) some things haven't changed. One gay college student I know has gone back into the closet while searching for a teaching job. And public reaction has been mixed to the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision to overturn a state law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples, a decision hinged on basic fairness and constitutional equal protection.......
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1899032,00.html?xid=rss-nation-cnn

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