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Iowa's Supreme Court just ruled today that gay marriage is and will be legal in the state. The decision makes Iowa the first Midwestern state, and the fourth nationwide, to allow same-sex marriages.

What's up with California already?

I read that the Iowa Supreme Court’s web site was hit with more than 350,000 visitors this morning. Steve Davis, a court spokesman, said administrators added extra computer servers to handle the expected increase in web traffic, but “this is unprecedented,” Davis said.

Richard Socarides, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton on gay civil rights, said today’s decision could set the stage for other states. Socarides was a senior political assistant for Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin in the early 1990s.

“I think it’s significant because Iowa is considered a Midwest state in the mainstream of American thought,” Socarides said. “Unlike states on the coasts, there’s nothing more American than Iowa. As they say during the presidential caucuses, 'As Iowa goes, so goes the nation.’”

Three years ago after 25 years together, my partner Dave and I celebrated with friends and had a commitment ceremony. We did this for us and to thank our friends for being in our lives. We'll see if this ever happens in California and EVERYONE has equality in the land of the free.