UCC leaders hail Iowa court decision legalizing gay marriage
Source: www.ucc.org
United Church of Christ leaders are hailing a unanimous decision by the Iowa Supreme Court to reject the state's ban on same-gender marriage as unconstitutional. Iowa now joins Massachusetts and Connecticut in becoming the third state to allow same-sex couples to marry. (To read more, click the link above)
Today I am very proud of my former state, Iowa! When I moved to Decorah, IA, from California in 1991 the Iowa Conference of the UCC was dealing with the issue of becoming an Open and Affirming Conference, which they did. (Northern California had already become an ONA Conference in the 1980s.) Today the Iowa Supreme Court declared Iowa's marriage law (stating marriage could only be between a man and a woman) to be unconstitutional. Iowa is now the third state, along with Massachusetts and Connecticut, to have Marriage Equality! What a wonderful day for my GLBT friends who live there!
My prayer is that those who disagree will still be in conversation without rancor. I pray for the day when ALL people, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, will be seen as the children of God that they are, because we are all equal in God's eyes.
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