Iowa is not literally "a bastion of middle American values," ABC's Chris Bury suggested, it is merely "often portrayed" as such. So are gay weddings middle American or not? The state's Supreme Court thinks so. It rejected Iowa's ban on being married to someone of one's own gender. Now Iowa joins Massachusetts and Connecticut in recognizing the tying of gay knots. There is a pitch on YouTube that markets the state as an immigration Mecca for marriage-minded homosexuals: "If you are looking for a great place to live, a place where people treat their neighbors with respect, please consider coming to Iowa." Bury showed us the seven other potential welcoming states, which have not explicitly permitted such unions but have not passed an outright ban either: New Mexico, Wyoming, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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