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In 2004, the Massachusetts Supreme Court gave President Bush a gift by making the Bay State the first to legalize gay marriage; The ruling enraged social conservatives nationwide and led to a wave of state ballot initiatives to ban gay marriage that helped drive support for Bush\u2019s reelection, including in all-important Ohio. Yesterday, a judge in Polk County, Iowa gave Mitt Romney a similar, if more modest gift, striking down the state\u2019s gay marriage ban<\/a>. Already the frontrunner in Iowa polls, the ruling offers Romney another chance to distinguish himself from Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson by trumpeting his support for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage<\/a>. That\u2019s likely to be a major draw for religious conservatives, who, depending on the ultimate fate of the ruling\u2014county officials are expected to appeal to the state Supreme Court\u2014may be provoked into playing an even bigger role than usual in the Iowa caucuses.
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\nThe first presidential candidate to react the ruling<\/a>, Romney pilloried \u201cunelected judges trying to redefine marriage and disregard the will of the people\u201d and said “This once again highlights the need for a Federal Marriage Amendment to protect the traditional definition of marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n


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