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Iowa Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage The Washington Post	4/4/2009
4/4/2009 "Iowa became the third state in the country and the first from the rural heartland to legalize same-sex marriage when its Supreme Court yesterday unanimously struck down the state's decade-long ban.
Iowa ousts 3 judges after gay marriage ruling USA Today	11/3/2010
11/3/2010 "Opponents of an April 2009 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that made Iowa the first state in the Midwest to sanction same-sex marriage celebrated on Wednesday after the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court justices involved in the ruling.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear gay marriage arguments Associated Press	12/8/2008
12/08/2008 "The gay marriage debate will play out in a courtroom in the Heartland this week as the Iowa Supreme Court hears arguments in a challenge to the state's same-sex marriage ban.
Iowa's gay marriage ban goes before high court Los Angeles Times	11/27/2008
11/27/2008 "The national fight over same-sex marriage is coming to a peak in Iowa, where the state's highest court will hear arguments next month over whether the state's ban on gay unions is unconstitutional.
IRS adopts state domestic-partner property law San Francisco Chronicle	6/3/2010
6/3/2010 "In a significant move for same-sex couples, the Internal Revenue Service has decided to recognize California's community property law and treat the income earned by California registered domestic partners as community property income for federal income tax purposes.
Is DOMA Dead? The Nation	2/25/2011
"But the headlines missed the technical but important note in Holder's announcement: the Obama administration believes that any law affecting lesbians and gay men deserves "heightened scrutiny" by the courts.
Is your doctor playing judge? Self	6/12/2007
6/2007 "...It's not always easy talking to your doctor about sex. Whether you're asking about birth control, STDs or infertility, these discussions can be tinged with self-consciousness, even embarrassment. Now imagine those same conversations, but supercharged by the anxiety that your doctor might respond with moral condemnation ? and actually refuse your requests.
Jackson Memorial barred lesbian from seeing dying partner South Florida Sun-Sentinel	6/26/2008
6/26/08 "The family vacation cruise that Janice Langbehn, her partner Lisa Marie Pond and three of their four children set out to take in February 2007 was designed to be a celebration of the lesbian couple's 18 years together.
John Lawrence, 68, Plantiff in Gay Rights Case, Dies The New York Times	12/24/2011
John G. Lawrence, whose bedroom encounter with the police in Texas led to one of the gay rights movement’s signal triumphs, the Supreme Court's 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas, died at his home in Houston on Nov. 20, his partner said on Friday. He was 68.
Judge approves $1M settlement over gay bar raid The Augusta Chronicle	12/9/2010
"A federal judge approved a legal settlement Wednesday requiring that Atlanta pay more than $1 million to people illegally detained during a raid on a gay bar, change police department policy and investigate the conduct of its officers.

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