Gov. Terry Branstad and top legislative leaders pledged bipartisan cooperation Wednesday after voters kept Democrats in control of the Iowa Senate and narrowed the GOP majority in the Iowa House for the next two years. “Iowa voters once again chose divided government, and their message was unmistakable: They want us to work together in moving [...]
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By Zach Wahls —- The Boy Scouts of America recently affirmed its anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) policy. As both an Eagle Scout and the son of a lesbian couple, I refuse to stand idly by as an organization I love forfeits both the principles for which it stands and its cultural relevancy [...]
continue »By Iowa City Press-Citizen —- For the past two years, an 11-member special committee has been reviewing whether the Boy Scouts of America — a British-founded organization that, in America, has become as iconic as Mom and Apple Pie — should continue its policy of excluding gays and lesbians. Several other major youth organizations — [...]
continue »DES MOINES – If Iowa voters got the chance to weigh in on the marriage issue and decided to let stand a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Iowa, that outcome would not be the end of the issue, traditional marriage proponents said Tuesday. Bryan English, spokesman for Iowa Family Policy Center Action, said, if [...]
continue »RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against the Rapid City Police Department, saying two officers were responsible for getting a lesbian Air Force sergeant tossed out of the military. Police went to Jene Newsome’s Rapid City home last November to serve an out-of-state warrant on Cheryl Hutson, [...]
continue »The Denver Archdiocese has denied enrollment of a preschooler to Sacred Heart of Jesus School because the child’s parents are lesbians. A statement released by the Archdiocese says students in Catholic schools are expected to have parents who abide by policies of the school and church. See the story here.
continue »DES MOINES – Traditional marriage defenders said Friday they plan to read proposed bills more closely from now on to make sure language legalizing same-sex marriage does not make its way into Iowa law surreptitiously. Their heightened awareness was triggered by a situation earlier this week when the state Department of Revenue’s tax policy cleanup [...]
continue »DES MOINES – An alliance of more than 160 Iowa clergy members sent state lawmakers a letter Tuesday supporting civil marriage equality for same-sex couples and opposing efforts to undo it. Connie Ryan Terrell, executive director of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund, said the supporting clergy were from urban and rural areas of [...]
continue »DES MOINES – Gay couples began making wedding plans Friday after the Iowa Supreme Court handed them a landmark victory that makes Iowa the first Midwest state to legalize same-sex marriages. “We are just so incredibly blown away,” said Kate Varnum, a Cedar Rapids woman who officially got engaged to her partner, Trish, after learning [...]
continue »DES MOINES – State lawmakers likely will not address the marriage issue before they adjourn their 2009 regular session regardless of Friday’s Iowa Supreme Court ruling in a same-sex marriage case, top leaders said Thursday. “I think it’s exceedingly unlikely that we will pursue legislation this session on that subject,” Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, [...]
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