Not only because of all the drunk Irish people running around, but because those drunk Irish people might be gay… Gay and married! The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and would hurt the state’s viral marketing strategy that aims to attract educated and wealthy gay couples to live and work in Iowa by allowing them to experience the day-in, day-out misery of marriage to another human being. Truly progressive!

Before The 700 Club attempts to pray Iowa off the face of the Earth, they have to read this first:

Richard Socarides, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton on gay civil rights, said today’s decision could set the stage for other states. Socarides was was a senior political assistant for Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin in the early 1990s.

“I think it’s significant because Iowa is considered a Midwest sate in the mainstream of American thought,” Socarides said. “Unlike states on the coasts, there’s nothing more American than Iowa. As they say during the presidential caucuses, ‘As Iowa goes, so goes the nation.’”