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Judge compares LGBTQ+ people to pirates during hate crime case
“Not everyone who displays a pirate flag is associated with actual pirates.”
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Iowa’s Republican-led Supreme Court overturned a gay man’s $4.6 million anti-discrimination payout
In 2019, a jury found that the state’s former anti-LGBTQ governor discriminated against a gay political appointee. The state’s Republican-led Supreme Court just overturned that decision.
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Iowa justices who decided gay marriage face retention vote
The three justices joined in a unanimous 2009 ruling that found a ban on same-sex marriage violated the Iowa state constitution.
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Effort to cut Iowa Supreme Court justice pay over gay marriage vote withdrawn
DES MOINES, Iowa — A proposal to cut the salaries of four state Supreme Court justices who joined in a unanimous ruling four years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa, was withdrawn on Thursday and no vote was taken on the measure.
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Iowa Supreme Court: State must recognize both lesbian parents
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Both spouses in a lesbian marriage must be recognized as legal parents to any child born during the couple’s union, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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Iowa lawmakers seek to impeach Supreme Court justices; effort appears doomed
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.