Today, I read a piece in the Winona Daily News about Iowa and same-sex marriage.
Iowa has recently cleared the way for same-sex marriages, by overturning the previous ban on April 3, 2009.  The article discussed gay couples in Wisconsin and the possible ramifications of their crossing traveling to Iowa to marry. The crux of it is they can do it, and they will do it, but couples face possible legal problems by doing it. Plus, it will only be a symbolic union, a relationship “rite of passage,” with no legal benefits. Only residents of Iowa are allowed the same rights …read more