Iowa groups celebrate one year of marriage equality

Iowans celebrated last week the one-year anniversary of the unanimous state Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage.

On Monday, March 29, two-dozen supporters of LGBT advocacy group One Iowa gathered at the statehouse in Des Moines to celebrate the anniversary. "Thousands of Iowans have lent their support to the decision using their voices, their names, their time, their passion to advocate for equality," One Iowa executive director Carolyn Jenison told Radio Iowa.

"I've watched the futile efforts by those who would have you believe that marriage equality would unravel the moral fabric of society," McCoy said during the rally. "Quite to the contrary, marriage equality has not impacted Iowans negatively."

Celebrations continued across the state that week, including an April 2 panel discussion at the University of Iowa College of Law featuring an attorney who represented the gay couples of filed the lawsuit that led to the Iowa Supreme Court decision.