Iowa supreme court gay marriage

Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit on behalf of six same-sex couples who seek to marry in Iowa. The lawsuit argues that under the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Iowa Constitution it is unlawful to bar same-sex couples from marrying. Since the lawsuit is based on state law, the Iowa Supreme Court will have the final word on the outcome of this case. The couples in this case have been together between five and over 16 years.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A statehouse GOP lawmaker from eastern Iowa wants the U. Supreme Court to overturn the case that legalized same-sex marriage in America. State Sen. Sandy Salmon is in her first year in the state Senate after a decade in the Iowa House.

An Iowa Republican state senator has introduced a largely symbolic measure calling for the U. Supreme Court to end the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 , introduced by Sen. Sandy Salmon, R-Janesville, asks the U.

Contact: Gilien Silsby. USC Law News Service, or Media Advisory. IOWA SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.