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In a pair of votes that hit close to home for Iowa, voters in Maine repealed the state’s law allowing same-sex couples to get married while also voting to expand the state’s medical marijuana law.
Both issues are big topics in the Hawkeye State. The Iowa Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in April, and since that [...]

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rod Roberts of Carroll supports the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court justices that are up for retention votes in 2010 due to their verdict legalizing same-sex marriage earlier this year.

A church famous for protesting the funerals of American soldiers and preaching a message of anti-Semitism and homophobia will return to Iowa next week for three rallies.
Fred Phelps and members of the Westboro Baptist Church, a fundamentalist splinter group from Kansas that travels around the country staging hate-filled protests, will be in Waukee, Ames and [...]

By not denouncing those who support same-sex marriage, GOP gubernatorial candidate Christian Fong is respecting the views of those who advance evil, controversial radio host Steve Deace said Monday on his blog.

Iowa Rep. Steve King’s vote against a bill honoring the African American slaves who built the U.S. Capitol is an embarrassment to his constituents, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan said in a statement Thursday.

In announcing his candidacy for governor, 32-year-old Christian Fong has managed to shake up an already contentious Republican battle to unseat Gov. Chet Culver.
With no formal political experience, Fong’s positions on the issues are still a mystery to most voters. Unlike his GOP competition, who have endured numerous campaigns and been thoroughly vetted, Fong is [...]

While Iowa Rep. Steve King is garnering headlines for his call to oust U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, his statement that the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act would create “special protection for pedophiles” is getting another type of attention.
Politifact, a Pulitzer-prize winning project by the staff of the St. Petersburg Times, has investigated [...]

Maine Gov. John Baldacci made his state the fifth in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, signing the legislation into law today.
The Pine Tree State joins Iowa, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts in defining marriage as the legal union of two people rather than between a man and a women.
“In the past, I opposed gay marriage [...]

Despite efforts by a Republican state senator and several conservative groups to convince county recorders to ignore the Iowa Supreme Court and refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, so far local officials have followed the law without incident.

There will be no debate in the Iowa Senate this session on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said Monday.