So far 2009 has been looking very good for gay marriage proponents and their hope of having it same-sex marriage one day being legal in the entire country. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, more and more states are changing their minds on gay marriage, and with today's decision in Vermont to allow same sex marriage, four states in the United States of America recognize gay marriage. It was not an easy battle, with lawyers and activists from both sides of the issue fighting one another, but the decision to allow gay marriage was passed into law today after the House voted to override a veto by the Republican Governor. Even though everyone in the state of Iowa and surrounding areas may not be completely 100 percent behind gay marriage, it seems like a tide is turning in the debate over gay marriage, and that is a wonderful thing to witness. This blog post highlights a wide variety of the differing views people have on the decision to legalize gay marriage. There are plenty of battles to be won, and battles that will probably be lost in the future, but it is amazing to see changes like this slowly happening. It is definitely going to be interesting to see what happens in California when the Supreme Court decides the Prop 8 decision. If this is repealed, and Prop 8 is not allowed, I think this will be one of the biggest victories of the year because this was a referendum that overturned an opinion that was deemed legal, which was that marriage between people of the same sex is just as acceptable as a heterosexual couple. I really hope the progress made in Iowa and Vermont is continued, and that 2009 continues to show we have progressed as a nation, and not regressed.
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