http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4300928&nav=1LFX
"The issue of whether a same-sex marriage ban should be included in the Iowa Consitution likely will be debated in the upcoming legislative session.Senate Republican leaders want to debate the proposal, which passed in the House last year, but was blocked in the evenly divided Senate. It would put the ban on gay marriage in the Iowa Consitution with voter approval.
Senate Republican Leader Stewart Iverson, of Clarion, says a gay rights group from New York wants to change Iowa's law to permit gay couples to marry."- WOI-TV, Des Moines, Jan 2, 2006