Help fight for marriage equality

By Planned Parenthood of Iowa

Planned
Parenthood is committed to ensuring that sexuality is understood as an
essential, lifelong aspect of being human and that it is celebrated
with respect, openness, and mutuality.

Our coalition partner,
One Iowa, is working to secure the right to civil marriage for Iowa's
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens.  One Iowa is
currently conducting a confidential survey to obtain information about
how individuals in same-sex relationships and their families are
treated in Iowa.

If
you are in a same-sex relationship, please respond to the confidential
online survey.  You can also help by urging LGBT friends to
complete the survey. It's available online through December 1.
     
www.iowafamilysurvey.org

Current Iowa law provides no access for LGBT citizens to the myriad of
rights, protections, and responsibilities provided by marriage. 

In
August Polk County District Court Judge Robert B. Hanson ruled that
same-sex couples must be allowed to marry based on the Iowa
Constitution's guarantee of equal treatment under the law.  That
decision was then stayed and will be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court.

Those
opposed to marriage equity favor amending the Iowa Constitution to say
marriage must be between one man and one woman. 

The
real life experiences gathered through the survey provide a powerful
educational tool to help Iowans understand the discrimination LGBT
families face because civil marriage is not available.

Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey. www.iowafamilysurvey.org

To learn more about One Iowa's work, go to www.one-iowa.org