Kansas on Tuday beme the 18th and latt state to pass a nstutnal amendment barrg gay marriage. But the Senate Connecticut — New England, the one regn holdg out on the issue — on Wednday voted to legalize civil unns.
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- BOTH KANSAS SENATORS VOTE NO, AS U.S. SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL
- WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI?
- KANSAS VOTERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BAN
BOTH KANSAS SENATORS VOTE NO, AS U.S. SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL
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Civil rights activists fear that gay and lbian upl uld lose their marriage rights the wake of the U.
Conservative Jtice Clarence Thomas said his Friday ncurrence that the high urt should "rensir" s tablishg rights to engage gay sex and for same-sex upl to marry.
"This new visn of the Constutn will emboln state legislators to make trouble — but today, has no immediate legal effects on the right to same-sex marriage or same-sex timacy, " the Human Rights Campaign said a marriage and gay sex rema legal Kansas and the Uned Stat. "More:Clarence Thomas lls for Supreme Court to 'rensir' gay marriage, ntraceptn after Roe v. The crimal sodomy fn Kansas clus gay sex among nsentg adults, spe the provisn beg unnstutnal unr Lawrence v.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI?
Separately Wednday, a feral judge stck down South Carola's ban on same-sex marriage as natn's hight urt nied a requt om Kansas to prevent gay and lbian upl om marryg while the state fights the issue urt. The orr is nsistent wh how the jtic have handled recent requts om other stat that have sought to keep their bans place while they appealed lower urt lgs favor of gay and lbian upl.
KANSAS VOTERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BAN
However, Kansas' emergency appeal was closely watched to see if the urt would change s practice followg last week's appellate lg upholdg anti-gay marriage laws Kentucky, Michigan, Oh and Tennsee. Kansas, South Carola and Montana all have refed to allow gay upl to obta marriag licens spe lgs om feral appeals urts that oversee them. Gay-rights advot saw the Supreme Court's actn Wednday as another sign they're likely to ultimately prevail.