Posts Tagged ‘ constitutional rights ’

Iowa’s Same Sex Marriage Decision: What it Says and What it Means

April 3, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
Iowa’s Same Sex Marriage Decision: What it Says and What it Means

In 1998, the Iowa legislature, capitulating to a well-funded national campaign against gay marriage, amended the state’s marriage statute to define marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.Today, in a stunning, courageous, and powerfully written decision, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state’s anti-gay marriage statute is invalid...
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Prop 8: What’s Really at Stake for the California Supreme Court

March 4, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
Prop 8: What’s Really at Stake for the California Supreme Court

The primary legal issue at tomorrow's hearing before the California Supreme Court on the same sex marriage Prop 8 case is the narrow and extremely arcane question whether Prop 8 is an amendment to the state constitution or a revision of the state constitution. But appellate cases – and especially high profile and controversial...
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