LGBT Rights Kansas, Uned Stat: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- LAWS AGAST GAY SEX WERE LED UNNSTUTNAL LONG AGO, BUT KANSAS WON'T DROP S BAN
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI?
- GAY MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL KANSAS
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.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
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. 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. "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.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI?
Louis each clared s ban unnstutnal, and gay-rights advot urged the state's attorney general not to appeal. 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. "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. However, as recent polics shows, nservativ the polics dtry are prrizg the culture war beyond jt abortn, pecially targetg transgenr children and gay and lbian our recent Kansas gubernatorial electn, Republins dited entire mpaign advertisements to transgenr stunts playg sports, hypg that issue above water, energy or certa key enomic October, Republins promoted a false Brish tabloid story about supposed taxpayer-fund drag shows Kansas.
GAY MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL KANSAS
Roger Marshall ed that story to validate homophobic stereotyp of gay people as sexual predators "groomg" past summer, nservative Supreme Court Jtice Clarence Thomas urged the urt to "rensir" past lgs that legalized ntraceptn (Griswold), same-sex sexual relatns (Lawrence), and same-sex marriage (Obergefell) do the RMA f to this mountg nservative emphasis on LGBT people? And, what do that mean for gay and lbian Kansans, pecially the timated 4, 000 same-sex married upl Kansas?
Conservative policians are playg to a narrow stra of inty polics on the polil right wh their posns on the polil game at the expense of average gay and lbian Kansans that the posns risk harmg. All judicial districts the state have said they will issue the licens, acrdg to Equaly Kansas, a gay rights advocy group. Sedgwick County has issued marriage licens to gay upl sce Sam Brownback stcted state agenci to hold off on changg polici November after the state appealed a feral district urt strikg down Kansas’ same-sex marriage ban.