DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Same-sex couples in Iowa began applying for marriage license on Monday after a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay unions took effect.The court issued an order early in ...

FORT WAYNE, IND. — 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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa's law banning gay marriage and ordered the county recorder to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry. Less than two hours ...

After 14 years as a married couple, Kate and Trish Varnum still marvel at the benefits of a legally recognized marriage. They have the ability to visit each other if one of them becomes hospitalized, ...

DES MOINES – Gay couples began making wedding plans Friday after the Iowa Supreme Court handed them a landmark victory that makes Iowa the first Midwest state to legalize same-sex marriages. “We are ...

John Sellers and Tom Helten live in Des Moines, Iowa, a few blocks from the church they were married in 10 years ago. On a wall in their family room hangs a certificate embossed with the seal of the ...

The Iowa Supreme Court ruling mandating same-sex “marriage” takes effect on Monday. The proposed policy would protect an employee from being forced to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples if ...

The Iowa Supreme Court, citing California’s historic marriage decision, overturned a ban Friday on same-sex marriage in a ruling that emphasized the need for courts to protect minorities even when ...