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dflprincess

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10. As a Minnesotan I feel it odd to be defending Iowa

Reply to Throd (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 10:40 PM

Aug 2014

but this is a federal, not state rule. And, remember, Iowa was one of the first states to legalize same sex marriage.

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