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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyNovember 4th, 2014
Kansas is in the Tenth Circuit, which has ruled anti-gay marriage bans unconstitutional. The Supreme Court opted not to hear an appeal to that ruling, which establishes that states within the Tenth Circuit are bound by the Appeals Court’s ruling.
Same-sex couples requested that the federal courts direct Kansas to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and now a federal judge has done so. (Topeka Capital-Journal:)
Judge Daniel Crabtree, in a written ruling, granted a preliminary injunction that had been sought by the ACLU of Kansas on behalf of two lesbian couples who had been denied marriage licenses in Sedgwick and Douglas counties. The injunction will prevent the state from enforcing the ban on same-sex marriage found in the Kansas Constitution.
However, marriages will not begin immediately. Crabtree stayed the injunction until 5 p.m. on Nov. 11.
The state has a week to appeal Judge Crabtree’s decision, which – by all accounts – would be a waste of time and state resources. Should they inform him earlier that they will not appeal, the stay will be lifted at that time.
The odds are that Governor Sam Brownback will happily waste the taxpayers’ money on a futile attempt to appeal so as to grandstand on the issue. However, as the election is today, it’s possible that he’ll not see any political value to foolish, time-consuming, wasteful, quixotic efforts and will allow couples to marry sooner than next Tuesday.
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MCB
November 4th, 2014
Odds are Brownback will, but odds also are that by January he won’t be governor. Not to jinx things, but every poll is predicting his opponent Paul Davis – who says Kansas’ anti-equality law ruins our “welcoming image” – will win.
Or at least I hope he does, or all those hours I spent campaigning for him will be wasted.
MCB
November 5th, 2014
^ WELL NEVER MIND THAT. Four more years of our economy in the tank, our schools defunded, and our right restricted. And gone is my trust in all political predictors.
customartist
November 5th, 2014
In how many States con one still be fired or evicted for being gay?
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