Same-sex marriages begin in Iowa

Earlier on this blog, I reported that the Iowa Supreme Court in Varnum v. Brien (No. 07-1499) held that the Iowa statute banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional as a violation of equal protection.

Today, April 27, 2009, same-sex couples started to apply for marriage licenses.  There is also a report that a judge wavied the normal three-day waiting period and permitted a lesbian couple (Melisa Keeton and Shelley Wolfe) to marry in Des Moines.

See Amy Lorentzen, Same-sex couples across Iowa apply to marry, Google.com, April 27, 2009.