Tag Archives: Kansas

Jon Stewart On Kansas Gov. Brownback: There’s No Place Like Home…ophobia

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KANSAS: Gov. Sam Brownback Rescinds Protections For LGBT State Workers

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback today rescinded a 2007 executive order that protected state workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In place of that order, Brownback issued another order that he said “reaffirms the commitment of the State of Kansas to employment practices which do not discriminate based on race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry or …

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KANSAS: “Religious Freedom” Bill Is Back

A bill that would make it legal to discriminate against LGBT citizens might be resurrected in the Kansas legislature.  Some religious leaders in Kansas are asking lawmakers to bring back House Bill 2453 this legislative session. Also known as the “religious freedom bill”, HB 2453 says it protects businesses, clergy and some government workers from having to provide services for …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: “Marriage could be coming to Florida sooner than we expected. Plus, after last week’s big win, the Mississippi lawsuit is now on the fast track to an appeal. And Kansas just lost their latest attempt to hold back the start of marriage.”

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: We picked up three states with marriage this week. But in one of those states, some clerks are refusing to issue licenses. Alabama’s attorneys are using a discredited anti-gay researcher to build a case for banning marriage. And we have more bad news for what’s left of the National Organization for Marriage.

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KANSAS: ACLU To Sue To Force State To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

Via the Wichita Eagle: The lawyer who successfully sued to overturn Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage in federal court now plans to amend the lawsuit in order to force state agencies to grant marriage benefits to same-sex couples. Same-sex couples in Kansas can get marriage licenses from Sedgwick and other counties and use those licenses to marry anywhere in the …

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South Carolina & Kansas Turn Sapphire

Not only has South Carolina joined the states displaying our favorite color, Wikipedia’s marriage monitors have decided to remove the red stripes of shame from Kansas even though most counties continue to withhold marriage licenses and state agencies continue to refuse to recognize the marriages that have taken place. Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration will not make any policy changes to …

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KANSAS: Still A Confusing Mess

Via the Associated Press: The Kansas Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for additional gay marriages in the state’s most populous county while declaring that it would defer to the federal courts on whether Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriages is constitutional. The Kansas court also declined to say whether all of the state’s 105 counties fall under a U.S. Supreme …

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Red Stripes Of Shame For Kansas

Same-sex marriages commenced yesterday in Kansas following the three-day waiting period that began on Thursday. However nearly 100 of the state’s 105 counties continue to refuse gay couples as state Attorney General Derek Schmidt presses his claim that last week’s ruling only applies to two counties. Therefore, Wikipedia’s marriage map monitor has regressed his map and applied the red stripes …

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KANSAS: 15 Gay Couples Marry In Wichita On First Day Of Legalization

Via the Wichita Eagle: Despite vocal opposition and freezing temperatures, Monday was a day for Kansas history textbooks. On the front steps of the Historic County Courthouse in downtown Wichita, 15 same-sex couples proclaimed their love for one another and were legally married. There were cheers of affirmation, but there also was opposition. At the beginning of the mass ceremony, …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: More victories this week. Marriage has started in Kansas, and a judge has overturned a ban in South Carolina but you still can’t get married there yet. The lawyer who got DOMA overturned is now taking on Mississippi’s marriage ban. And a few states are taking a closer look at overturning marriage bans at the ballot or in …

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KANSAS: Mass Gay Wedding To Take Place In Wichita On First Day Of Legalization

Late Wednesday afternoon the Supreme Court lifted its stay on same-sex marriage in Kansas, resulting in several weddings the next day after judges waived the mandatory three-day waiting period. For others that obtained their wedding licenses on Thursday, a mass gay wedding will take place tomorrow in Wichita, the state’s largest city. Via that city’s ABC affiliate: On Monday, many …

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KANSAS: NOM Petitions Governor To Order Clerks To Disobey Supreme Court

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Brian Brown Has The Kansas Super Sadz

“We call on Governor Sam Brownback to reject the idea that Kansas must abandon marriage because out of control federal judges say so. We urge Governor Brownback to use his authority to order local clerks to refuse to issue marriage licenses in violation of state law, as affirmed by the Supreme Court, in recognition that the state courts are not …

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KANSAS: Marriages Commence In Four Counties As State Continues To Fight

Marriage licenses are being issued today in a handful of the 103 Kansas counties. Judges in at least four Kansas counties were issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples a day after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing them to wed. Clerks in other counties were giving applications to gay couples but requiring them to abide by the state’s …

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SCOTUSblog On Kansas

Lyle Denniston writes at SCOTUSblog: The Court has issued a series of orders in same-sex marriage cases over the past eleven months, but the Kansas order marked the first time that members of the Court had recorded dissents. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas noted only that they would have granted the delay sought by the Kansas attorney general. Kansas …

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KANSAS: AG Derek Schmidt Says Marriage Ruling Only Applies In Two Counties

Via the Associated Press: The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request Wednesday from Kansas to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying while the state fights the issue in court. Schmidt says that decision applies only in Douglas, a northeastern Kansas county, and Sedgwick, in south-central Kansas, where the court clerks are defendants. The American Civil Liberties Union contends the …

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KANSAS: Gov. Sam Brownback Vows To Keeping Fighting Same-Sex Marriage

Via the Associated Press: Gov. Sam Brownback isn’t giving up on defending the state’s gay-marriage ban despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clearing the way for same-sex marriages in his state. The court on Wednesday denied the state’s request to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying while Kansas fights the issue in court. The Republican governor supports the ban …

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Kansas Joins The Sapphire States

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BREAKING: Kansas! Kansas! Kansas!

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