Monday, April 27, 2009

Same-sex couples begin tying the knot in Iowa

By AMY LORENTZEN – 1 hour ago

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Same-sex couples in Iowa began holding hastily planned weddings Monday as the state became the third to allow gay marriage, a leap that even some supporters find hard to grasp in the nation's heartland.

Within hours of a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage taking effect, several same-sex couples had exchanged vows on the steps of the Polk County Administrative Building.

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