Iowa

In a short video clip released Tuesday by independent watch-dog group Think Progress, the homophobic president of the anti-gay, conservative christian group "The Family Leader" is seen erupting in laughter at after being told a joke about "fags." [ Read more → ]

Whoopi Goldberg and the ladies of "The View" went off on the anti-gay pledge that asks GOP presidential hopefuls to oppose any “redefinition of marriage,” and likens same-sex couples to polygamists and adulterers. [ Read more → ]

GOP Presidential hopeful and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson blasted the social pledge unveiled by Iowa homophobe Bob Vander Plaats, calling it “offensive to the principles of liberty and freedom on which this country was founded.” [ Read more → ]

No surprise here — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is on board with the anti-gay pledge that requires candidates to be faithful to their spouses, and “vigorously oppose” same-sex unions. [ Read more → ]

A prominent Iowa social conservative group called “The Family Leader” has convinced Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to sign a pledge to uphold “traditional marriage” and ban all forms of pornography. [ Read more → ]

An Iowa-based Christian conservative group, The Family Leader, on Thursday unveiled a pledge asking Republican presidential candidates to be faithful to their spouses, and work tirelessly to oppose same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

Zach Wahls wishes his moms, and all moms, a very Happy Mother's Day. [ Read more → ]

Five Iowa GOP lawmakers filed resolutions in the state House on Thursday seeking to impeach the remaining four Iowa Supreme Court justices who issued an April 2009 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, but their efforts were squashed on Friday by the House Speaker. [ Read more → ]

Iowa's social conservative groups are working to overturn the state's marriage equality law, and that includes former gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Iowa Family Leader, who has called homosexuality "a public health risk." [ Read more → ]

Educated people who know someone gay are often the most likely to stand up for gay people and support their right to be treated the same as everyone else. Not so with Newt Gingrich... [ Read more → ]

Marriage equality has been an intensely debated social issue in Iowa ever since the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2009, but a new poll suggests many Iowans are either conflicted or just aren't interested in the debate. [ Read more → ]

GOP lawmakers in Iowa's House are putting forward a bill that would prohibit the state's county recorders from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples until a public vote on a constitutional amendment is passed. [ Read more → ]

Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student who spoke about the strength of his family during a public forum over an amendment that seeks to repeal the state’s marriage equality law, appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show today. [ Read more → ]

An 80-year-old grandmother has taken to YouTube to speak out on marriage equality, her gay son, his marriage and her outrage over the effect the gay marriage debate is having on her and her family. [ Read more → ]

DES MOINES -- An Iowa House Republican has introduced legislation that would allow for legally protected discriminatory business practices -- based on religious grounds -- against those in a same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

Unannounced Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty underscored his right-wing credentials Monday, affirming that he opposes repealing the ban on gays in the military, and that he believes marriage is “between a man and a woman.” [ Read more → ]

On Monday evening, Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student spoke about the strength of his family during a public forum on House Joint Resolution 6, an amendment that seeks to repeal the state’s marriage equality law, and deny any form of legal recognition for gay couples. [ Read more → ]

DES MOINES -- The Iowa state House on Tuesday passed an amendment that seeks to repeal the state's marriage equality law, and deny any form of legal recognition for gay couples. [ Read more → ]

Two New Hampshire legislators have introduced bills to repeal the state’s marriage equality law, even though Republican leaders said that such a repeal is not a party priority in 2011. And several other states saw legislative moves toward or away from equality in the past week. [ Read more → ]

Iowa's Democrat-controlled state Senate has shut down another attempt by Republican legislators to put gay marriage on the Iowa ballot in hopes of repealing the 2009 state Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]