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Summary
Sharon Baldwin and her partner Christie Cole apply for a marriage license at the recorders office at Polk County Administration Building, Des Moines, Iowa, 27 April, 2009.

Today was the first day in Iowa that gay couples were allowed to marry. The Iowa Supreme Court declared a legislative ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional on April 3, 2009.

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