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LAWS AGAST GAY SEX WERE LED UNNSTUTNAL LONG AGO, BUT KANSAS WON'T DROP S BAN

In many of the stat, officials have disagreed wh the lgs — but they've treated them, as the Amerin judicial system requir, as the law of the land and granted gay and lbian upl full marriage rights. 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.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

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.

WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI?

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. "Now, this is a day to celebrate, " said Tom Wt, executive director of the gay rights group Equaly, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt matas the lg appli only Douglas and Sedgwick unti, bee the ACLU's lawsu was prompted by judg' orrs there.

Schmidt has promised to fend the state's gay-marriage ban urt as long as he n, and fellow Republin Gov. Louis each clared s ban unnstutnal, and gay-rights advot urged the state's attorney general not to appeal.

GAY MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL KANSAS

Wednday's two-sentence orr om the Supreme Court noted nservative Jtic Anton Slia and Clarence Thomas would allow Kansas to ntue enforcg s gay-marriage ban. 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.

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What is the effect of feral gay marriage law RMA on Kansas upl? .

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