Consent of the people?? We don't need no stinking consent of the people!
Unanimous ruling: Iowa marriage no longer limited to one man, one woman | DesMoinesRegister.com
By JEFF ECKHOFF and GRANT SCHULTE • gschulte@dmreg.com • April 3, 2009
Basic fairness and constitutional equal protection were the linchpins of Friday’s historic Iowa Supreme Court ruling that overturned a 10-year-old ban on same-sex marriage and puts Iowa squarely in the center of the nation’s debate over gay rights.
The unanimous, 69-page decision maintains a church’s right to decide who can be married under its roof, but it runs counter to the expressed opinion of a majority of Iowans who believe marriage is defined as the union of one man and one woman.
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