(CNN) -- An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry
based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents
show.
The ruling was in response to a December 2005 lawsuit brought by six
same-sex couples seeking to wed. They were denied marriage licenses and claimed
such treatment violates equal-protection and due-process clauses in the Iowa
constitution.
Another step in the process towards equal rights for homosexuals. It is a little bit of a shock that this came from Iowa, which is not known as being a bastion of liberal thought.
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Iowans may not be known for liberal thought, but they are known for fairness.
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