Iowa's Married Same-Sex Couple Celebrates First Year of Marriage on Anniversary of Lambda's Victory

Topix Gay News  Aug 25 08

August 30 will mark the one year anniversary of the first marriage of a same-sex couple in Iowa after Lambda Legal's victory in which a district court ruled that barring same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional. " We congratulate Tim and Sean on their first year of marriage," said Camilla Taylor, Senior Staff Attorney in Lambda Legal's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago and lead attorney on the marriage lawsuit in Iowa. "We hope that all same-sex couples in Iowa who would like to marry will be able soon to enjoy the same wedded bliss and security that Tim and Sean have." "We can't believe it's been a year already. Full story...

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