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Article: Ahh, victory is sweet: same-sex marriage wins spread across the country.(Iowa and Vermont)
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- June 1, 2009
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IN TWO HISTORIC STEPS forward for civil rights, Iowa and Vermont both legalized same-sex marriage in the first week of April. Iowa's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional on April 3. Vermont's Legislature overturned the governor's veto on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on April 7, making the state the first to legalize gay marriage by legislation rather than court ruling.
The back-to-back victories were surprisingly decisive, despite each state's previous moves toward legalizing same-sex unions. An Iowa judge ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional in 2007, but added that the ...