A Polk County judge Thursday struck down Iowa's law banning same sex marriages. Des Moines lawyer Dennis Johnson represented six gay couples who were denied marriage licenses and filed a lawsuit challenging the law. "I think it's a great day for civil rights in...
Local Republican committees in at least six Iowa counties have voted to censure U.S. Senator Joni Ernst for her vote to have the federal government recognize same-sex marriages. The move means all states must recognize same-sex marriages from other states, but Ernst...
Iowa's U.S. Senators have split their votes on legislation that would protect marriage rights for same-sex and interracial couples. The bill would grant federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley voted against allowing...
Iowa's three congresswomen -- a Democrat and two Republicans -- have voted for a bill to make the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage federal law. The move comes after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court should...
A spokeswoman for Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a clarification of the governor's views on same-sex marriage after Reynolds seemed to call for a statewide vote on the issue. The Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in 2009 that legalized same-sex marriage...
A new poll tests the views of registered Iowa voters on two controversial issues: climate change and same-sex marriage. The data comes from a Quinnipiac University Poll conducted over a 12-day period in July. The poll finds 55 percent of registered Republican,...
Republican Congressman Steve King is trying to get the U.S. House to pass a resolution that says States "may refuse" to recognize or license same-sex marriages, although such non-binding resolutions do not have the force of law. King's resolution is his latest...
Congressman Dave Loebsack -- the only Democrat in Iowa's congressional delegation -- says last week's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act means "ObamaCare" is "here to stay" and the court's decision on same-sex marriage was "a great victory for equal...
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee promises that on his first day as president he'd issue an executive order to provide new legal protections to businesses, schools and religious institutions that oppose same-sex marriage. "There will be no persecution or prosecution...
Governor Terry Branstad says it will be up to "grassroots" Republicans attending his party's state convention whether the Iowa GOP's 2016 platform continues to oppose same-sex marriage. "It's the delegates that make that decision and the last thing the delegates want...