Monday, January 31, 2011

Iowa anti-gay marriage bill advances in House; falls short of votes in Senate

The Democrat-controlled state Senate has shut down another attempt by Republican legislators to put gay marriage on the Iowa ballot in hopes of repealing the 2009 state Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.

The move comes just days after the House Judiciary Committee passed a resolution aimed at enabling voters to amend the state constitution, and not only ban same-sex marriage, but also ban civil unions, domestic partnerships and any other legal recognition of same-sex couples.

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