U.S.: Iowa judge favors married same-sex couple in birth certificate case
- cause The Iowa Department of Public Health told a married same-sex couple they couldn’t put both their names on their child’s birth certificate.
- reaction The couple sued, saying it went against a 2009 decision by the Iowa Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriages.
- result A district court judge ruled in favor of the couple, scolding officials for not interpreting older laws in light of the 2009 decision. source