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An Iowa district court on Thursday ruled that gay and lesbian couples can legally marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment.
Yes! EQUALITY!
Civil unions are not good enough! We need and deserve "marriage." There is power in words!
And, history has shown us that separate but "equal" does NOT work!!!































































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Rock on!
Why do you always get so excited about these rulings? They ALWAYS get overturned. Face it, homos will never be allowed to marry here in the U.S. Just keep packing fudge in private.
Totally agree. How does gay marriage harm straight marriage? Not at all. And all these people who say it is against God's law, well we don't live under God's law, we live under man's law. Separation of church and state.
OF COURSE A FILTHY QUEER LIKE YOU AND #1CHULA WILL APPROVE OF THIS BUT AMERICA IS GOING DOWN THE TUBES JUST LIKE ANCIENT ROME. IT IS MOSTLY YOU FOREIGN BORN QUEERS WHO LIKES THIS MESS ANYWAY!!
That means NASTY DIVORCES TOO. Good luck, they suck!!!
BOOOOOOO!
YAY! i think we're going to look back on this like we do now with the 1800's. how sad………….
GOD'S LAW TRUMPS WHATEVER THE FUCK MAN SAYS YOU STINKING ASS BUTT PIRATES JUST DON'T GET IT DO YOU.
LAST!!!!!!!!!!hahahaahhaha
En España ya tenemos el matrimoio GAY
I HATE FAGS AND QUEERS!!! i hate queers ihate hate fags ihatequeersandfags!! they will destroy america's way of life!! they are so nasty.
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woooo I'm so excited! I'm a big supporter of gay rights.
My 2 best friends in the world are a gay couple, however I completely disagree that gays and lesbians "NEED" marriage. Marriage is a RELIGIOUS tradition, and most churches don't support the homosexual lifestyle! Why would you even want to be part of that? Any union outside of the church should be considered a civil union - regardless of the sex of the couple!
I dislike homos and hope they are never able to "marry". I don't care if it violates the laws of some religion, or if it violates some moral codes. All I know is that it violates the laws of biology and nature. Good enough for me.
In the words of a great man ….WOO-HOO!!!!!!! I love Homer Simpson…he's so cute. As far as Gay Marriage, everyone should be allowed to marry. F*ck the ass holes who don't think so.
Half of the gay people that are happy about this have NO interest in getting married anyway.
What ev. There is still no respect for Family and committed relationships between anyone anymore..this is BULL "YES WE CAN GET MARRIED" uh so are you getting married? "UM NO". so whats the point.
Sorry, but I absolutley can NOT approve of that. Gays just don't confirm to the sense of a marriage, so why should they be allowed? This is stupid!
Why do you have to have the word marriage? I understand that the GLBT community does not want to be different but equal. But the idea of marriage, the meaning of marriage, the product of a marriage with heterosexual couples is different. No matter how you slice it, it is different. I could really care less about other issues…GO GAYS!!!! I like gay people, I love gay people. I also love my marriage, by saying that gay people are married just like me, would demean evereything that my marriage means to me. It is different so why not have a different name…Civil Union.
I don't have anything against gay people. But I don't think two men and two women should be able to get married. A marriage is between a man and a woman, end of story. Look at the human body, do you really think that it was meant for guys to be together and girls to be together? Thinking about that is pretty sick.
it's a start! when is the rest of the country going to WAKE UP?
every little step counts.
Hopefully it doesn't get overturned. I hope other states take note and do the right thing.
WOO EQUALITY!
It shouldn't even be debated. It shouldn't even be in the court system. it's very simple– If you don't believe in same sex marriage.. then don't marry someone of the same sex.
get involved with shit that effects YOU and stop worrying about everyone else.
how does someone else's marriage effect your marriage? the biggest threat to marriage is DIVORCE, not gays!
that's great news, perez. now can we return to the dirty filthy gossip?
#7 Saldana - of course the USA is going down….can't wait to see it happen!!! Thanks for presuming I'm foreign …and queer… which of course I am neither…..and last time I checked the US wasn't founded by the natives, but by a bunch of immigrants. Idiota de mierda! Y yo se español por viajar mucho y estudiar, no como tu!
I also agree that marriage is a RELIGIOUS ceremony. #19 is so right If your not accepted by the church what does it all mean? I think CIVIL UNIONS are appropriate because youre asking for the CHURCH permission you are just acting in your RIGHT as a US citizen. I think even hetero sexual couples should have civil unions. Some of them dont believe in GOD or feel the need to be affirmed by the church.
This ruling doesn't matter. THESE DISCTRICT COURT DECISIONS MADE BY LIBERAL JUDGES JUST GET OVERTURNED / REVERSED IN THE THE COURT OF APPEAL.
SORRY PEREZ-IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'M ALL FOR CIVIL UNION, BUT MARRAIAGE–NO! THAT WOULD BE SENDING A MESSAGE TO OUR KIDS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER ALL WHAT SEX YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO. If the kid ends up being gay, then that's fine and the parent should love them. However, it would just be way too confusing for kids to just say that having sex with the same sex is normal.
What a crock!!!
I want to marry my dog so that he has health insurance too!!!
Had the state of Vermont not made Civil Unions legal in 2000 there would be no legally sanctioned same sex marriages. VT got the ball rolling.
Iowa…isn't that where that "im not gay" senator queer is from. HAHAHAH! HE REALLY FUCKED UP, HUH! (unless im wrong about the state) Dont you go gettin married on us Pnasty….you would lose half of your fan base, cuz EVERYBODY WANTS PEREZ!!!!
I meant to say * youre NOT asking for the church's permission
amazing!!!!! xox
i live in iowa and my mom is gay. its a good day. everyone should have equal rights.
WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT IN MARRIAGE?
Finally we made a dent in the midwest. Congrats Iowians
Finally we made a dent in the midwest. Congrats Iowians
PEREZ!!…..why does your blog really suck lately?…..its taken a really dark turn…..make me laugh once in awhile beotch!
AND "UGH" TO IZZY!
if you don't like gay marriage, don't get one!!! xoxox
BRAVO! Good for Iowa!
What a crock!!!
I want to marry my dog so that he can have health insurance!!!
God what the hell for who, ill never marry who needs a cage?
Puritan nazis maybe everyone can get over their legality and have peace, free love, do drugs and be happy. NO such thing as a straight man, most like it up the ass anyway its these Christians who even wipe their ass a certain way want to finish wat hitler started….
Perez… It's been 10 years today that Princess Diana died in a car accident…
Instead of talking about insignificant people, maybe you should write an article about it…
Cheers.
I still think marriage SHOULD be for a man and a woman,as the bible clearly states.Since homosexuality is not accepted in Gods eyes why would he as the creator of marriage want it to be corrupted by accepting a man and a man to be married?I dont think so.Get over it move on and keep your gayness to yourself!!
So the only two choices if you are gay and want to marry are Massachussetts and Iowa???? To hell with that! If I was gay, I would move to Canada.
hey asshole, you cats have it good! Don't get married, buy a house like normal couples. Power in words? how about power in yourself for a fuckin chance? You don't need a court to tell you who you can and can't love. Do your own thing in your own time old friend. and stop waiting for everybody to aprove, cause i got news for ya, it's never going to happen. some people will never understand and the sooner you stop trying to shove homosexuality down everybody's throat, the better things will get. you're here, you're queer, i don't care and i'll still love you in the morning. Shine on you crazy diamond, shine on.
I dont give a fuck about marriage. I dont believe that humans are monogomous animals. there are very few on the planet that are. ducks and birds…snails i think…BUT…ALL RIGHTS TO ALL PEOPLE!
hey then maybe there should be "equality" for people who want to marry children , or chimpanzees, or trees. homosexuality is a perversion and a mental sickness caused by abuse , just like lung cancer is caused by smoking. for this reason, ALL MAJOR RELIGIONS VIEW IT AS AN ABOMINATION!!!! gays need to go back in the closet and leave society alone
ya IOWA….thats great news
It's Wrong and it's not fair to the Children! Keep it in your Bedroom!
Don't agree with it… I don't have anything against gay people but I think it's wrong.
So true, so true the point is not if they get overturned or not. Every step in this direction is what counts. Eventually they will not be overturned. These rulings open it up. Just like in every other civil rights struggle. Should African Americans not have bothered ( and I am mixed) because the rulings got overturned and it was a long slow process? should women? this country is such a mess. We care more about what people do in their own personal lives than about global warning or any of the other insane crap that is going on. Millions of uninsured children, the housing and credit crisis, the insane war in Iraq, having a war criminal as a president etc…etc…etc… seperate is NOT equal! FIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg, i'm so surprised by what i'm reading!
I really think that if any gay couple wanted to get married, then they should be able to! What the fuck are these comments about "god's law" and eveything, this is bullshit! You live in a civilized country, god is not sitting right next to you telling you what are his laws and what aren't, god is not making any law according to what i know…. Leave your god alone and think intelligently for once !
MARRIAGE IS NOT A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. THE LAW IS NOT THEOCRATIC. GAYS WILL BE ABLE TO MARRY, GET OVER IT! IT'S CONSTITIONALY AGAINST THE LAW FOR GAYS TO BE DENIED THEIR RIGHTS. CHURCHES HAVE NOT ONE THING TO DO WITH THE LAW.
JP, get back in your trailer. Sarah, you don't know gay people. How many straight people are divorced? The majority. Biology? Homosexuality is Biology. IT'S NATURE, JUST LIKE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
Disagree, marriage is NOT a religious ceremony under the law. There is no "gay lifestyle". There is no choice. People didn't agree with mixed races getting married. Gay marriage will happen.
Izzy, get over to Iraq. No one will miss you. People don't chose to be gay, and children are not "confused". You're living in the 1950s where you're kind is dead and gone. And THANK GOD FOR LIBERAL JUDGES. THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO FOLLOW THE LAW!
PAUL , lmao, go set yourself on fire at Jesus camp. Your god's law, is not the United States law. The founders already told you people to go fuck yourselves!
If the ruling is overturned, it would be put back up yet again. There is no legal basis for not allowing gays to marry. It's over. Move on.
spleen , bestiality is not nature for human beings. Being gay is.
I love how the anti-gay people on here, probably lame failed Rethuglicans, can't wrap their heads around that they lost and this issue is over. Gays will be allowed to serve openly in the military, since they make up it, and gays will be allowed to marry. Civil unions will be first, then marriage. People will see that the world doesn't end because gay people can get married. Many churches already marry gays. Marriage under the law is not a religious institution. You can get married at City Hall.
Mel, you do have a problem with gay people, and it's none of your goddamn business! It's not up to you!
God Perez. I just read some of these comments! these people are DISGRACEFUL!!! if you hate "queers" and "fags" so much why the hell are you enjoying and reading Perez blog????? You guys are so ignorant and simple mined! You allow yourslef to be distracted by an issue that is not even or should not really BE an issue while the rest of this country and the world is crumbling around you. Your biggoted ignorant comments reveal how truly stupid and out of touch you are. SUCH a lack of compassion.
NAMASTE
Lord Farquar , that's nice, but this isn't Iran. What you believe means nothing under the law. Your god doesn't mean jack shit in the United States.
I'm from the big D!
VICTORY!
its being appealed but a stride has been made. finally a jodge with a constitutional conscience.
one , it's no one fucking business, and I guess civil rights was ridiculous as well. IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD. People need health benefits and all the rights they are do in a marriage. It is important you fuckwad.
I'm from the big D!
VICTORY!
its being appealed but a stride has been made. finally a judge with a constitutional conscience.
Way to go perez something good about gays
It's amazing how ignorant so many people here are, especially those who are "Christian." Hey idiots–do you eat pork? Eat shellfish? Mix cotton and polyester? Oops, they're forbidden by your God, too! You don't seem to mind THOSE laws of the Old Testament being broken, but homosexuality is still bad, right? Forget that your Saviour's death fulfilled the old laws? I know, you wouldn't want that getting in the way of you being a fucking BIGOT.
It's sad that I'm not even a Christian and I know your faith better than you ignorant pieces of shit do.
paca , get your ass in Baghdad. I know for a fact you never went to college. I hope you drop dead you idiot. Racists and bigots like you don't deserve to live!
PREACH! The thing they don't get is, taking away the WORD just reinforces the prejudice. Rock on, gay boys. We love you!
iowa, how freaking random. i had hoped NY would be next…. of course not
If we distinguish between heterosexuality and homosexuality, and give it two names, is that bigotry? Of course not. That is just common sense. You don't call a lion a dog. Doing so degenerates the English language.
Not calling gay unions "marriages" and calling them civil unions isn't bigotry either.
I am not a holy roller, nor am I a homophobe. I am ALL for gays getting EQUAL RIGHTS. This is what this is all about right?
I see lots of gays wanting to redefine word meanings to suite their lifestyles without concern of anyone else's feelings.
That is bigotry. Being tolerant isn't accepting a person's views or beliefs.
Being tolerant is how you treat the very people you disagree with.
What needs to be done is this.
Have the state ONLY recognize Civil Unions. Those that want to get married can do so under what marriage is known as now. But for the state to recognize it you also have to file for a civil union license or whatever they are calling it.
This way it makes EVERYONE happy. (unless of course you have a chip on your shoulder, or a grudge to take out.. or ideals to push)
finally a constitutionally conscience judge.
I'm from des moines and im very proud to be a part of this stride. its not enough, tho. equal rights not special rights, everyone deserves to be recognized as a happily married couple-regardless of thier parts.
yay for Iowa!!! this is awesome
Gays who want to marry but exclude threesomes and more from marrying are polyphobes and are committing a hate crime.
I cannot tolerate ignorance…and its become a cancer on the majority of this country, as we can see by some of these small-minded comments.
I also love the "Christians" who love to speak for YHVH–nothing cracks me up like that.
And so many forget a little verse: "Judge not, lest ye be judged." Awww, stupid "Christians." You can't get anything right!
BTW, when this first started it was all about gays getting the EQUAL RIGHTS as married couples. I don't think many people disagreed with it. A handful of far wing people did. I think we can ALL agree homosexuals and lesbians (Wow not only do we differentiate between sexual preference, but the male/female version..) should have EQUAL rights.
Redefining a word has nothing to do with having equal rights. That has more to do with attempting to push a moral lifestyle on society as a whole. Which makes you no better than the man that you hate. For example Fred Phelps. That moron wants things HIS way without any concern about any else's feelings. That makes him a bigot.
So Equal Rights YES! By all means. About time.
Redefining a word in order to force society as a whole to accept your beliefs..?
No. That teeters on bigotry.
THE ONLY GAYS THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY ARE THE HOT FEMALE ONES…. YOU DICK SUCKERS SHOULD GO TO A REMOTE ISLAND AND FUCK YOURSELVES DEAD OF AIDS!!!!
WTF is wrong with you people and your nasty ass comments about gay marriage! Why do you care? Are you that uncomfortable in your own skin and with your own sexuality that it bothers you that much. Why do you people care what other do with their life and the choices people make. You people talk about God. If you believe in that then you know God made all people the way they are! Just like we can’t help being straight they can’t help being gay! How is it bothering you or affecting your life! You bigots talk about how gays will ruin the world, when in fact it’s assholes like you guys are already destroying this world! Oh and by the way I do happen to be a straight and want to get married someday! And I don’t care it doesn’t effect my life or what I do. Congrats I hope more states do the same!
Uh-oh, #75 seems to have forgotten that "separate but equal" isn't truly equal. And you seem to not be grasping that the idiots who spout "HOMOSEXUALITY IS EVIL BECAUSE GOD SAID SO!!" don't know their own fucking holy book from a pile of newspapers. And hey, was for that matter, was it also bigotry when people demanded that marriage be re-defined to allow black people and white people to marry! Oops! Your logic sucks. Try again, this time without your fucking fallacious appeal to common sense.
As a Libertarian, I fully support gay marriage to its fullest extent (though I do not believe that a private church should have to perform them, just like they shouldn't have to perform straight marriages, if they don't want to).
Congratulations to Iowa.
I'm surprised by all of the straight people reading perezhilton.com and posting hateful comments, males and females alike. Males, if you're on a hollywood gossip site (produced by a GAY male), maybe you should reevaluate a few things yourself.
As for the hate mongering females, I don't get it. Gay men and women have fought alongside women for equal pay and equal rights in the workforce and beyond for years, and they turn their back on them now? What's with the hypocrisy in "i love gay people but..?" You can't love them but…gay men and women, under a constitution that is free of someone's religious law, deserve equality.
MARRIAGE IS BASED ON RELIGION NOT STATE LAWS. Gay people should not be allowed to get married. It kills me that gay people who don't believe in God want to get married which is a Christian ceremony. The Bible states homosexuality is wrong, because of that gays shouldn't get married. They should have a union ceremony or something else that is not considered marriage
/end rant
I also want to comment on the Christians. If you are a Christian you are no better or worse than any homosexual on this planet. Everyone is on the same boat. According to the Bible, a sin is a sin is a sin. And since it says we are ALL sinners, that is the great equality measure. All "men" ARE created equal in this way as far as the Bible is concerned.
NO ONE is better than anyone on this planet.
The slippery slope is not taking responsibility for your actions.
I'm kind of curious, since I'm not Christian, but is marriage something religious? It's always done at a church so I don't know. If it is, then gays don't have a right. If it isn't, then gays have a right.
Marriage for ANYONE married by a minister, Civil Unions for ANYONE that doesn't give a shit and just wants a fancy party. I think a lot of people on both sides make a lot of noise about this and don't know why.
What's next? People marrying animals? Equal rights for those who prefer beastiality! How about marrying your car? Stick it up that tailpipe! Why bother with laws in the first place? Equal hell for all!
"367. Uh-oh, #75 seems to have forgotten that “separate but equal” isn’t truly equal."
So do you want me to start calling homosexuals heterosexuals? I mean why differentiate between the two? Because that is how language evolves. Instead of giving one word 10 different definitions.
"And you seem to not be grasping that the idiots who spout “HOMOSEXUALITY IS EVIL BECAUSE GOD SAID SO!!”
I've already spoken to those people in a earlier post. They are no better than the people they hate too. If Jesus were alive right now he'd probably be at a gay bar. (Not saying he was gay… but he tended to hang out in places that people deemed at the time unsavory. You know, hanging out with tax collectors and all
)
"don’t know their own fucking holy book from a pile of newspapers. And hey, was for that matter, was it also bigotry when people demanded that marriage be re-defined to allow black people and white people to marry! "
The definition of marriage never mentioned the color of ones skin.
"Oops! Your logic sucks. Try again, this time without your fucking fallacious appeal to common sense."
Your post didn't debunk anything I said.
I am a straight Christian and an Iowan, and today I am VERY proud of my state. My God doesn't preach or teach hate- he is all about love. When my God says Love Thy Neighbor, he isn't only referring to the white heteros out there- he means everyone.
Congrats to all of the same-sex couples out there. I hope this doesn't get overturned.
"Marriage for ANYONE married by a minister, Civil Unions for ANYONE that doesn’t give a shit and just wants a fancy party. I think a lot of people on both sides make a lot of noise about this and don’t know why."
Some people on BOTH sides want to force their views and beliefs on society as a whole. Both sides are being bigots.
One sides doesn't care, the other doesn't realize it while they scream tolerance.
Wow……Iowa Rocks!
To #87 Kevin… you are right a sin is a sin and we all are sinners. I totally agree. However, why does that make it okay to sin? Christians are to live in the world but not be of the world– meaning we must hold God in higher regard than man. That is why Christians are against sin to begin with, and that is why so many Christians do not like the idea of gay marriage. Our hearts tell us one thing, and our heads tell us another. On this earth all people should be equal. To make it so we have to put aside the law of God. Thus man becomes more important than God. And that isn't right either. It's a difficult conflict for one such as myself.
I think that if homosexuals wanna get married, then the government should not have a say in the matter. Who are they to make judgements??? Assholes if you ask me
Marriage is between a MAN AND A WOMAN. Get your own word. The only reason you want our word is because YOU WANT IT. You are so retarded. More than 50% of marriages end in divorce. Why would you want a word that is associated with divorce so much? Oh, I forgot, you don't care if you're married one day to one guy, get divorced and then marry another guy and so on. So what difference does it make? NONE.
Kevin and Tommy, you guys rock my socks off. Intelligent and informed- what a rarity on this site!
When will you asswipes get it, nobody chooses to be gay, anymore than they choose to be straight. It just IS. Countless millions of people throughout history have been gay or bi. You can either be intelligent and accept it, or be a moron who thinks you can make it go away by quoting some asshole who wrote some book and suckered your idiot ass into thinking it was God, lol. If that's the God you believe in, then you and your God are both morons. As if the REAL God would be anywhere as narrow-minded and hateful as you, and concerned with such petty ass bullshit. And sorry, but your attempts to make gay sex sound ridiculous and disgusting just don't cut it. Plenty of straight women getting fucked up the ass, and last I heard, they shit too. Even lots of straight guys getting fucked with dildos and loving it. And not all gays are into anal sex, either. What IS ridiculous is people who can't find God within themselves and have to have their beliefs spoon-fed to them.
BTW I am ALL for keeping the Federal Gov out of this. I think EACH STATE should be able to decide on what they want to do. And I'd support any candidate that allowed that.
There is nothing wrong with CHOICE. It's what makes the world go round.
FORCING states to adopt something however, I don't jive with. That goes a long with bigotry and intolerance.
#62 "the truth",
I'm not religious, I'm not morally superior, I have an advanced degree, I don't live in a trailer. Nothing you can argue changes the fact that the laws of nature and biology intended for males to replicate with females. That is how it was intended to be biologically, therefore a deviation from that (such as pummeling another man's sphincter with your cock-n-balls) is unnatural. Don't give me your "it exists in the animal" kingdom argument. Animals also practice cannibalism, eat their own poop, and do various other disgusting things that are indicative of less intelligence.
Perez, you are a visionary! Te adoro!