Did Iowa’s DOMA backfire?
CommentsThe pro-gay-marriage lawsuit was occasioned by Iowa’s version of the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. The court used the lawsuit as an occasion not only to overturn Iowa’s DOMA, but to rewrite all state statutes limiting marriage to male-female couples.
Which makes me wonder – if there never was an Iowa DOMA, would the Iowa Supreme Court not have had a chance to implement gay marriage, at least not right away?