Iowa Representatives Dwayne Alons, Carmine Boal and Betty DeBoef and Senators Nancy Boettger and James Hahn filed a “friend of the court” brief yesterday, asking the state's Supreme Court to overturn Judge Robert Hanson's ruling that declared Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
“The brief says Judge Robert Hanson abdicated his duty to be fair and neutral in considering a legal challenge to a 1998 state law filed by gay couples. This comes after petitions calling for the impeachment of the judge were delivered to Legislature on January 24th. The petitions, with over 6,000 signatures, marched on the Iowa State House to try and pressure justices to force lawmakers to debate the same-sex marriage issue in hopes of getting a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
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