Iowa gay marriage guidelines

Judicial election by popular vote may violate international principles on independence of judiciary. Bully Pulpit | Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Gay marriage opponents have no other legal options to appeal the case to the state or federal level because they were not parties to the lawsuit, and no federal issue was raised in the case. In May , the state Supreme Court struck down the state law banning same-sex marriage, but just a few months later voters approved Proposition 8, which again restricted marriage to heterosexual couples.