Is Iowa The Next State For Gay Marriage?

Only weeks after a ballot initiative put marriage rights for gay and lesbian families in California to a vote--with families in that state losing the right to marry being the outcome--families in the state of Iowa may see the way cleared for marriage parity.A Nov. 21 story in the Iowa newspaper the Press-Citizen detailed how a ruling from that state's Supreme Court is poised to determine whether or not marriage equality will be permitted there.For anti-gay groups who have begun to characterize marriage parity as "anti-family," a pro-marriage equality ruling may signal the start of a bruising campaign to amend the state's bedrock law by pushing for a constitutional amendment similar to the one approved by California voters earlier this month.For Iowa's gay and lesbian families, however, such a ruling would constitute the start of a new day.