Or at least that's what homophobes said about Vermont when my state legalized civil unions for gay and lesbian couples over seven years ago.  In fact, Vermont is stronger today for doing the right thing in the battle for equality in America.  

Yesterday, a judge in Polk County, Iowa overturned the state's ban on gay marriage and instructed the county to allow same-sex couples to marry. The decision will certainly be appealed and may be overturned; but for now, at least, there is some justice in the first-in-the-nation-for-now caucus state.