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...
Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling which has legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states is drawing both cheers and jeers. Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal, campaigning in Iowa today, said the ruling tramples on states' rights. "I'm a proponent of...
Same-sex couples have been able to legally marry in Iowa for the past six years and today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriages are legal in all 50 states. "It is a great day. It is a wonderful ruling. It is the fairest ruling to make," Tammy Steinwandt of...
Senator Chuck Grassley has joined a bipartisan effort, pushing for the U.S. Supreme Court to provide "live audio coverage" of two landmark rulings that could be issued as soon as tomorrow. The nation's highest court will soon rule whether some of the federal subsidies...
The future of same-sex marriage was a focus for most of the speakers and the audience gathered in a central Iowa church this weekend. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments tomorrow in a case that could make same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. "States...
Jack Hatch, the Democratic candidate for governor, says Iowans "should be very skeptical" of Republicans like Governor Terry Branstad who say making same-sex marriage illegal in Iowa isn't a top priority. "I think we have to realize that you get a Republican House and...
Two lesbians from Nebraska who were legally married in Iowa five years ago are now wanting a divorce, launching a legal battle now before the Nebraska Supreme Court. While same-sex marriages are legal under Iowa's constitution, they're not in Nebraska, which also...
A Republican who supports same-sex marriage rights plans to run for the U.S. Senate. Thirty-seven-year-old Scott Schaben of Ames describes himself as a "moderate" Republican. "This is an opportunity, probably the biggest opportunity in the last three to four decades,...
Iowa's governor says it's up to Iowans to "make their own judgement" about last week's U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage. Republican Governor Terry Branstad was asked this morning at his weekly news conference whether the ruling was good or bad for Iowa....
One of Iowa's leading same-sex marriage opponents says today's U.S. Supreme Court rulings will put the issue front and center in the 2014 campaign, but same-sex marriage advocates say it's a "non-issue" for the majority of voters. Former Republican state senator Jeff...