# Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-strikes-down-same-sex-marriage-ban/491901>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 3, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-strikes-down-same-sex-marriage-ban/491901 "2009-04-03T19:35:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-strikes-down-same-sex-marriage-ban/491901/1 "2009-04-03T19:35:05Z")

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The Iowa Supreme Court [struck down the state’s statutory same-sex marriage ban this morning](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30027685/) in a unanimous 7-0 decision.

Iowa has a fairly cumbersome Constitutional amendment process, having to pass an amendment through two separate sessions of the state legislature, so even if an amendment to overturn this is initiated, it could take 3 years for it to pass and be enacted.

Iowa is the first state in the nation’s heartland to have same-sex marriage legalized.

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-supreme-court-strikes-down-same-sex-marriage-ban/491901/2 "2009-04-03T20:12:47Z")

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[Moderator Hat ON]

Duplicate topic, and I like the other one better since it actually bring up a topic of debate, so I’ll close this one.

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