In print sinceour mission is to create visibility for the communities, businesses and events that define our region. Marriage gives a couple shared rights… Civil Unions a mere or so… Now, what were you saying? In Cerro Gordo County, District Court Judge Colleen Weiland said she was presented with two applications from same-sex couples and denied them both because they referenced work schedule conflicts.
It's important to recognize that there are these underlying values of the rule of law and fair and impartial courts, and that there are judges who are committed to those principles. On the other side is Des Moines attorney Sharon Malheiro, a founder of the group One Iowa, an organization working to keep gay marriage legal in Iowa.
One of them is Iowa, where gay marriage is legal.
She's Harris and Evans were the first gay couple to be married in Dallas after the high court's ruling. When Spyer died in her will left her entire estate to Windsor. Nationally, polls show that Americans over the years have become more accepting of same-sex marriage.
Support the news. Vernita Gray, left, and Patricia Ewert, hold their Illinois marriage license at their home in Chicago following their marriage by a Cook County judge, Nov. I just think that it's wrong," he says.
I just think that it's wrong," he says. This truly was a unanimous decision. They consider themselves independents. Earlier, the couple was able to get a judge to waive the state's three-day waiting period before marriages are considered final.
Horton, the case in that upheld Proposition 8, by quoting Varnum. It didn't take long before they were referring to one another as "wife.