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Iowa wedding tourism surges after same sex ruling
Iowa Supreme Court ruling legalizing same sex marriage spurred 1783 marriages by year end, with 1044 couples from out of state. Minnesota couples traveled by bus to Des Moines and Beau Fadtor launched a gay wedding service drawing clients from across the Midwest and beyond.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Brad Steenhoek
Anthony Brown
First Avenue
Brown
Gay and Lesbian Resource Center
Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Judith Weir
Olly Staneslow
St. Paul
Minn
Sonal
Staneslow
Minnesota
Illinois
Midwest
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Oklahoma
Texas
Ed Beau Fadtor
Salvation Army
Lambda Legal
Mike Yowell
Council Bluffs
St. Paul, Minn