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Court upholds conviction of man who didn’t tell sexual partner he was HIV+
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa man violated the state’s HIV transmission law because he didn’t disclose he was infected, even though his partner did not acquire the virus and their encounter posed a low risk of transmission, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Biden at Iowa fundraiser: Marriage equality is ‘the civil rights of our day’
Vice-President Joe Biden, speaking at a high profile fundraiser in Iowa on Sunday, took the opportunity to trumpet his own accomplishments, including his support for same-sex marriage that many credit was the catalyst that helped President Barack Obama to finally “evolve” on the issue.
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Man appeals sex offender conviction in HIV notification law
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa man with HIV sentenced to 25 years in prison for not telling a sex partner that he carried the virus appealed to the Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday.
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Another setback for NOM: Iowa ethics board to keep executive in investigation
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board voted Wednesday not to remove its executive director from an investigation into whether the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) violated state law by not disclosing campaign donors.
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Iowa ethics board to investigate National Organization for Marriage
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board voted Thursday to investigate whether a national group that opposes gay marriage violated state law.
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Iowa couple turned away from wedding facility because they are gay
GRIMES, Iowa — A same-sex couple in Iowa says they were turned away from a wedding venue facility after the owners found out they are gay.
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Bullied gay teen is fifth suicide at Iowa high school in past 5 years
PLEASANT HILL, Iowa — Alexander (AJ) Betts, a 16-year-old gay teen, took his own life over the weekend, becoming the fifth student from a suburban Des Moines, Iowa, high school to do so in the past five years.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz: Pray to stop the ‘assault on marriage’
The Christian Broadcasting Network has released more footage from the recent Religious Right summit in Iowa organized by David Lane and featuring speakers like U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
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Group says Iowa officials stalling on birth certificates for children of lesbian parents
DES MOINES, Iowa — The state’s largest gay advocacy group is accusing the Iowa Department of Public Health of needlessly delaying listing both partners in lesbian couples on their children’s birth certificates, despite an Iowa Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that it must do so.
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Iowa school won’t allow ‘Laramie Project’ – opts for more ‘family friendly’ fare
OTTUMWA, Iowa — Administrators at a southeast Iowa high school have halted plans for a student production of “The Laramie Project,” but the show will go on at a local performing arts center.