Last February, a 19-year-old, self-described sixth-generation Iowan stood before an Iowa legislative panel to argue against a state constitutional amendment. The teenager, Zach Wahls, stood up at the podium and gave a three-minute speech about his life in a two-mothers home. …
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After the video was posted to YouTube, Wahls became an Internet celebrity, praised for his eloquent and impassioned speech. …
… the Iowa senate was considering an amendment that would ban same-sex marriages in one of the six states in the United States that legally recognizes it. …
The publicity also helped kill the proposed amendment. …