Tracy Bjorgum, 20 and Ken Bunch, 24, appear in the county clerk's office at

Tracy Bjorgum, 20 and Ken Bunch, 24, appear in the county clerk's office at the Polk County Courthouse where they sought to obtain a license to marry each other, the Johnson County attorney had earlier ruled that two persons of the same sex cannot marry in Iowa - they are denied permission to apply for the marriage license in Des Moines