Iowa Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====LGBT rights==== {{Main|LGBT rights in Iowa}} The state's law criminalizing same-sex sexual activity was repealed in June 1976, 27 years before ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]''. In 2007, the Iowa Legislature added "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the protected classes listed in the Iowa Civil Rights Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icrc.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2016/2016.sogi_.pa1_.pdf|title=Iowa Civil Rights Act—Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity|date=2016|website=State of Iowa|access-date=June 25, 2019|archive-date=July 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712232939/https://icrc.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2016/2016.sogi_.pa1_.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 3, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court decided ''[[Varnum v. Brien]]'',<ref>WL 874044 (Iowa 2009) (Publication to N.W.2d pending as of April 9, 2009.)</ref> holding in a [[unanimous]] decision,<ref>{{cite web |last=Martyn |first=Chase |url=http://iowaindependent.com/13495/iowa-supreme-court-same-sex-couples-can-marry-in-iowa |title=Iowa Supreme Court: Same-sex couples can marry " Iowa Independent |publisher=Iowaindependent.com |date=August 25, 2008 |access-date=July 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411165337/http://iowaindependent.com/13495/iowa-supreme-court-same-sex-couples-can-marry-in-iowa |archive-date=April 11, 2009 }}</ref> the state's law forbidding [[same-sex marriage]] was [[unconstitutional]]. This made Iowa the third state in the U.S. and first in the Midwest to permit same-sex marriage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hrcbackstory.org/2009/04/breaking-iowa-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-marriage-equality |title=BREAKING: Iowa Supreme Court rules in favor of marriage equality! " Human Rights Campaign |publisher=HRC Back Story |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-date=May 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502132204/http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2009/04/breaking-iowa-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-marriage-equality/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/04/iowa-court-upholds-gay-marriage.html |title=USA Today, Iowa Court Upholds Gay Marriage |work=USA Today |date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406071701/http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/04/iowa-court-upholds-gay-marriage.html |archive-date=April 6, 2009 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page