Iowa's Same Sex Marriage Law: On Again off again.

8/31/2007
Tamikka Malloy
Des Moines Iowa judge recants same-sex civil unions. Couples who already have a licenses--it won't be valid.

For a few hours today, same-sex couples were given marriage licenses in one Iowa county.

This surprising turn of events took place after a Polk County judge ruled Thursday that the Hawkeye State improperly prohibits same-sex couples from marrying.

According to the Des Moines Register, 21 marriage licenses were given out this morning - most of them, apparently, to gay couples. The rush for licenses came to an end at 12:30 a.m. EDT when Polk County Judge Robert Hanson agreed to suspend his Thursday ruling pending an appeal by the Polk County Attorney's Office to the Iowa Supreme Court. After the ruling was put on hold, the county recorder stopped issuing licenses to same-sex couples. The same-sex couples who received licenses this morning will receive a letter explaining why their license, will not be accepted now, according to a register report.

If Hanson's lower-court ruling is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa would join Massachusetts as the only two states allowing same-sex marriages.

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