Iowa Supreme Court hears marriage equality argument
Filed by: Nancy Polikoff
December 9, 2008 8:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/iowa_supreme_court_hears_marriage_equali.phpKudos to the Iowa Supreme Court for making its oral argument in Varnum v. Brien as user-friendly as possible. Chief Justice Ternus even explained from the bench the steps in the legal process. A number of media outlets streamed the argument live. If it's archived anywhere, it will be through one of the links in the Court's website.
That said, there was nothing new in the argument by the state. In fact in advocating that marriage is by definition between one man and one woman, the state was relying on the argument that won in the early 1970's when the first challenges were brought.
