But it is the Iowa Supreme Court's decision to allow gay marriage that is seen as groundbreaking.
Iowa has become the first state in the socially conservative American heartland to allow same-sex couples to exchange vows.
"This is a remarkable decision not only because it occurred in the Midwest, but also because it was seven-zero," he said.
"So I think that while on the one hand this is a more tempered opinion, on the other hand it was a more aggressive opinion in that there was absolutely no toehold for naysayers to find in the opinion.
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