Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Draws Out-of-State Couples
Data show that same-sex couples are coming from other states to get married in Iowa. An Iowa Supreme Court ruling in April legalized same-sex marriage in the state. In a Sunday story, the Des Moines Register reports that since the April ruling, state data show about 45 percent of Iowa’s same-sex marriages were between out-of-state couples. Between April 27 and July 27 there were 5,214 marriage certificates issued statewide. Of those, 676 were for same-sex couples. Gender was concealed on 339 marriage certificates.
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