Gay Marriage Legal in Iowa

I don't want this to become a blog just about LGBT issues, but I couldn't not post about this: according to this NYTimes article, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the state's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, making Iowa the third state to (currently) allow gay marriage. Not sure if there are going to be any challenges to the ruling and whatnot, so we'll have to wait and see. But for now, score one for equality!

Apparently the Vermont state legislature just passed a bill allowing gay marriage, but Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has already said he's going to veto it (they missed the necessary 2/3 majority by 5 votes).

In New Hampshire, the House passed a gay marriage bill narrowly, which will now go to the Senate. In the event that it passes (this is highly uncertain), it will most likely be vetoed by Governor John Lynch.

On April 24th, the Maine state legislature is going to be holding hearings for a bill that would allow gay marriage in that state, as well. There isn't much information available in terms of projections on how the vote will go.

-A^LASKA