by admin | Sep 26, 2007 | Politics & Government, Religion
A theologian, author and leader of the national Presbyterian Church is making two stops in Iowa this week to plead a Biblical case for equal rights for homosexuals. Jack Rogers, a professor emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary, has spent 18 months touring...
by admin | Aug 31, 2007 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
Two Iowa State University students believe they are the first gay couple in Iowa to legally wed. Twenty-four-year-old Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan stood under a shade tree as a Unitarian minister from Des Moines performed the hastily-arranged ceremony in his front...
by admin | Aug 30, 2007 | News
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...
by admin | May 25, 2007 | Business, Politics & Government
Iowa Governor Chet Culver signed a bill into law today that adds sexual orientation to the state Civil Rights Code. Culver, a Democrat, says the measure gives gays and lesbians the same protection from discrimination in housing and employment as other minority groups....
by admin | May 4, 2007 | Crime & Courts
Six gay couples had what is akin to their first day in court today as the group tries to get gay marriage legalized in Iowa. The couples filed a lawsuit, asking the court to toss out the Iowa law that stipulates the only legally-recognized marriages in Iowa are those...
