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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- JUDGE ORRS KANSAS TO LET GAY UPL MARRY, BUT STAYS ORR UNTIL NOV. 11
- KANSAS VOTERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BAN
- JUDGE DECLAR KANSAS GAY MARRIAGE BAN UNNSTUTNAL
JUDGE ORRS KANSAS TO LET GAY UPL MARRY, BUT STAYS ORR UNTIL NOV. 11
A feral judge has led that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unnstutnal, but gay and lbian upl n’t marry jt yet. * kansas 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.
KANSAS VOTERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BAN
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The crimal sodomy fn Kansas clus gay sex among nsentg adults, spe the provisn beg unnstutnal unr Lawrence v. 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. 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.
JUDGE DECLAR KANSAS GAY MARRIAGE BAN UNNSTUTNAL
On Tuday, gay upl who applied for marriage licens Kansas were turned away by unty officials, spe the U.S. Supreme Court clearg the way for same-sex marriag the state on Monday. * kansas gay marriage ban *
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.