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Latest polls mixed on marriage equality, discrimination, religious freedom
The latest polls released this week affirm growing support for marriage equality in several states around the nation, as well as growing support for LGBT-inclusive workplace protections. But another poll suggests religious freedom should trump discrimination laws.
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Settlement reached in transgender woman’s restroom discrimination complaint
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Johnson County, Iowa, and its sheriff’s department have reached a settlement with a transgender woman over the courthouse’s restroom policy.
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Gay couple awarded $147K in Council Bluffs, Iowa discrimination suit
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A jury in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has awarded a gay couple $147,000 in their discrimination lawsuit.
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Iowa governor says he’ll try again to advance statewide anti-bullying effort
DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill designed to crack down on so-called cyber-bullying failed to advance in the Iowa state legislature this year, but Gov. Terry Branstad plans to keep working to toughen Iowa’s anti bullying laws.
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Iowa anti-gay activist explains his opposition to gay marriage: ‘It’s awful’
KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls on Monday took on the debate about legalizing same-sex marriage in South Dakota by airing a report on how Iowans are faring under that state’s four-year-old marriage equality law.
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Ex-Iowa official guilty of fraud in issuing marriage license to Fla. couple
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A former rural Iowa court official pleaded guilty Monday to forgery for filing false documents to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple from central Florida, in the first case of its kind in Iowa.
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Effort to cut Iowa Supreme Court justice pay over gay marriage vote withdrawn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Supreme Court justices who joined in a unanimous ruling four years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa, was withdrawn on Thursday and no vote was taken on the measure.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 GOP lawmakers target Supreme Court justice pay over gay marriage vote
DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of conservative lawmakers have proposed cutting the salaries of Iowa Supreme Court justices who joined in a unanimous ruling four years ago that legalized gay marriage in Iowa.
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Lawmaker who said gays are a health risk seeks to make amends with gay colleague
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa lawmaker who gained national attention last week for critical remarks about homosexual lifestyles says he wants to go to lunch with a gay colleague.