Iowa Supreme Court's choice to buck public opinion

March 6, 2013 1:41 PM

Chief justice on the Iowa Supreme Court, Marsha Ternus joined a unanimous decision that deemed a ban on gay marriage in Iowa was unconstitutional. When Ternus and two fellow justices were up for a retention election the next year, they lost lost their jobs. Ternus and her colleagues were honored as 2012 recipients of the John F. Kennedy profile in courage award. To hear from Caroline Kennedy on the 2013 recipients, watch "CBS This Morning," Friday March 8, at 7 a.m. ET.

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