At least one Iowa judge has stopped performing marriages, in part a reaction to the state supreme court ruling this month giving same-sex couples the right to wed.
According to a report in the Des Moines Register, other judges may follow. Iowa law allows judges and other public officials to opt out of performing all marriages but forbids them from refraining only from same-sex nuptials.
A Polk County magistrate tells the paper he doesn't think couples of either arrangement will have trouble finding someone to officiate.
Lucky for Iowans -- and all Americans -- the Universal Life Church offers free, online ordination so prospective ministers can marry their friends.
