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I had something prepared to write about, but NEWS FLASH.

The Iowa Supreme Court just ruled in a unanimous decision that Same Sex Marriage is legal. Des Moines Register.

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Iowa becomes the third state to legalize equality in marriage, following Massachusetts and Connecticut.

“The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution,” the justices said in a summary of their decision.

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Progress marches on. Equality marches on. The dream becomes reality.

A reader yesterday said, concerning the fight for equality, "This is one fight that will never be won." (In a comment I did not post, because it violated my rules).

The fight is being won. This is in the "heartland."

Now we just need to see the Prop 8 overturned in California. And maybe a "southern state."