DES MOINES, Iowa - Republicans failed on Tuesday in their effort to start the process of amending the Iowa Constitution to ban gay marriage -- meaning it will likely be 2014 at the earliest before voters could decide on the issue.
The Republican lawmakers tried procedural moves to pull measures out of committees and force a vote, but they couldn't get enough votes in either the House or Senate.
Iowa lawmakers fail in effort on gay marriage ban - chicagotribune.com
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Iowa for nearly one year. Perhaps the people of Iowa have realized that it hasn't negatively affected their lives at all.
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