Curtis Harris and Daren Adkisson, foreground, double check their marriage license as vital records clerk Rebecca Badtram looks on first thing in the morning at the Scott County Recorder's Office in Davenport, Iowa, Monday, April 27, 2009. County officials all over Iowa on Monday began accepting marriage license applications from same-sex couples, making it the third state to allow such marriages. (Amanda Rivkin/The New York Times)