Iowa Gets First Gay Marriage!

Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan (see photo) made history today when they became the first gay couple to obtain a marriage license and get married in Iowa!

Tim McQuillan and Sean Fritz, both Iowa State University students, managed to complete the entire process — waiver, license and wedding — before Hanson again closed the door on same-sex nuptials in Iowa. . . It’s not clear whether their marriage will remain legally valid.

Some 20 same-sex marriage licenses were issued to gay couples in Iowa today before a stay took effect. No more licenses will be granted until an appeal is heard.

Flip-flopper Mitt Romney is frothing at the mouth about his deep desire for a Federal Marriage Amendment.

The National Review is calling gay marriage "the new front-burner issue in Iowa."

Stay or not, when this kind of victory for equality happens in a red state, you know there is something called progress going on.

Here's to the coming progressive era!

Photo: "Sean Fritz, left, and Tim McQuillan show their wedding license before getting married, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Ames, Iowa, couple was married a day after a judge threw out the state's ban on same-sex marriage."

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