Gay marriage case in Iowa

The case in the Iowa Supreme Court is summarized well by the Des Moines Register.  The quick and dirty version is that in 2007, an Iowa district court judge held that Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and (temporarily) made same sex weddings legal.  However, within hours, he stayed his own order, and only one (I think) couple actually got married during the short window.

Here's how we know that history is going to be on our side:

"One could easily argue, and we do, that fostering same-sex marriage will harm the institution of marriage as we know it," Kuhle said. "It's not going to happen tomorrow. We're not going to see any changes tomorrow, next week, next year, in our generation. But you've got to look to the future."

Kuhle said state support for same-sex marriage would teach future generations that marriage is no longer about procreation despite thousands of years of history.

Are we kidding here?  This is the lawyer defending the ban on same-sex marriage.  Some vague, undescribed harm well into the future?  Seriously?  How about no-fault divorce if we want to talk about a harm to marriage!  And can this guy be serious about procreation being the purpose of marriage?  Undoubtely, there is a correlation, but we're not really going to have fertility tests associated with marriage licenses, or ban the weddings of 60 year old women are we?

The battle is over.  It's just a matter of how long it will take for everyone to figure that out.