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A bill that would overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has been introduced in the U.S. House, and Iowa’s largest LGBT group is urging the state’s lawmakers to sign on.

An attorney for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) says their group is in complete compliance with Iowa campaign finance law in spite of allegations to the contrary.
In a letter to Charlie Smithson, executive director of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, the New Jersey-based organization that opposes same-sex marriage said some groups continute [...]

The state’s largest gay rights organization and a progressive religious group have filed a formal complaint against the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.
One Iowa and the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa filed the complaint Monday alleging that NOM, a New Jersey-based group that opposes same-sex marriage, violated Iowa [...]

An Iowa-based political action committee that supports marriage rights for same-sex couples is working to raise $10,000 by midnight Friday in the hopes of countering the huge investment made by an anti-gay marriage organization in the special election in House District 90.

The candidates and special interests vying for victory in the special election in House District 90 have spent more than $300,000 collectively, according to documents filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.

Controversial radio host Steve Deace is the focus of a new YouTube video put together Iowa’s largest gay rights group with the hope it will help raise awareness of “attempts by extremists to undermine the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in favor of the freedom to marry.”
Justin Uebelhor, communications director of One Iowa, said the video [...]

Dr. Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor and immediate past chair of the Democratic National Committee, will be in Des Moines Thursday to discuss the importance of a public option being included in any potential health care legislation passed by Congress this year.

In a new television ad, the pro-same-sex marriage group One Iowa attempts to rally support for its cause by appealing to Iowans’ pride in their state and faith in its public institutions.

Justin Uebelhor, the organization’s communications director, told the Iowa Independent in an email that the ad would run for at least a week on [...]

The symbolic vote by the Sioux City Council opposing same-sex marriage is “divisive, demeaning, and shameful,” the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization said Tuesday.
Carolyn Jenison, the executive director One Iowa, said the resolution singles out gays and lesbians for unequal treatment.
“It’s disheartening to see council members pushing such a mean-spirited resolution, when most Iowans want [...]

Now that the Iowa Supreme Court has heard oral arguments about the constitutionality of same-sex marriage in Iowa, both sides are already preparing for the next phase of their struggle.