On Tuesday, August 20, at 12 noon One Iowa will hold a Fair Courts Forum at the Thoreau Center in Des Moines as a project of the Iowa Fair Courts Coalition.
Anti-equality group The Family Leader will host its second annual “Family Leadership Summit” at Stephens Auditorium in Ames this weekend. But the Family Leader doesn't speak for all families.
Dick and Betty Odgaard, proprietors of the Gortz Haus in Grimes, declined to accommodate a gay couple's upcoming wedding. However, the Iowa Civil Rights Act prohibits denying public accommodations because of sexual orientation or gender identity.
West Des Moines Matt McCune entertained the crowd and made a few dollars during RAGBRAI last week.
Despite a previous ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court in the case Gartner v. Newton, the Iowa Department of Public Health is still refusing to immediately issue accurate birth certificates for all children born to married lesbian parents.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll shows that a plurality of Iowans support the Varnum v. Brien decision that made marriage equality in the Heartland a reality.
Last week, American Renewal Project founder David Lane attempted to politicize Iowa churches despite the boundaries that separate church and state.