Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
3-29-2008
Publisher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Language
en-US
Abstract
This case calls upon the State of Iowa to reaffirm its historic commitment to protecting the equality and individual liberties of all of its citizens, including its lesbian and gay male citizens. It requires this Court to interpret Iowa’s unique constitution with due respect for both text and tradition. The case must be analyzed against the backdrop of Iowa’s leadership and courage in the areas of civil rights and family law, and the willingness of its judiciary to uphold constitutional mandates in the face of efforts to legislate prejudice and discrimination.
Plaintiff-Appellees seek nothing more than to share in the protections and responsibilities of civil marriage. As this brief demonstrates, affirmance of the district court’s decision by this Court would be in the very best traditions of Iowa values and jurisprudence.
Recommended Citation
Angela Onwuachi-Willig,
Brief Amici Curiae of Iowa Professors of Law and History
(2008).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/3782
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