Iowa court urged to throw out antigay suit
Advocate.com
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, along with other local organizations, filed a brief on Monday asking the Iowa state supreme court to reject an attempt made by antigay groups to insert themselves into a case in which an Iowa district court granted two Sioux City women a request to terminate their civil union. “A judge, in his rightful authority, has addressed this matter,” said Camilla Taylor, staff attorney in Lambda Legal's Midwest regional office. “Iowa courts consistently resolve matters between couples living together, regardless of the status of their relationship, whether married or not. A handful of legislators and others have tried to insinuate themselves into this particular case because this time it involves two lesbians. It's clear these groups don't like gay people, but that doesn't give them the right to interfere in other people's personal lives.”
Ranking Kerry's Potential Running Mates On Gay Issues
ProudParenting.com
(Washington) With John Kerry all but anointed the Democratic Party's Presidential nominee eyes are now focusing on who he might pick as his running mate.
Six names are rumored to be under consideration: Senator John Edwards (NC), Representative Dick Gephardt (MO), Senator Bob Graham (FL), former Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, and Governor Thomas J. Vilsack of Iowa.
How they stand on GLBT issues varies according to a report prepared by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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