Tag Archives: Kansas

KANSAS: Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock

UPDATE: Equality Case Files has the motion.

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KANSAS: State Petitions SCOTUS For Emergency Marriage Stay Pending Appeal UPDATE: Sonia Sotomayor Issues Stay

Taking things right down to the wire, the state of Kansas just demanded that SCOTUS grant an emergency stay on same-sex marriages pending the hearing of their appeal. Marriages are due to commence statewide at 5PM tomorrow. On Friday the Tenth Circuit Court denied the same request, so now we might get a hint of what will come when the …

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KANSAS: Westboro Appeals To The Tenth

Like the wackadoodle Unruhs, Westboro Baptist Church has appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court after being denied permission to intervene in the Kansas marriage equality case. WBC appeals the erroneous conclusion that WBC lacks sufficient interest in these proceedings to intervene, after WBC has faithfully warned for 25 years, using every lawful means of publishing; pleading with the citizens of …

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Kansas Court To Westboro: GTFO

A federal court has denied Westboro Baptist’s request to intervene in the Kansas marriage equality case. In related news, the “gays are literally stealing our marriage” Unruhs, who were also denied by the same court last week, have filed a notice of appeal to the Tenth Circuit Court. See both filings at the links above from Equality Case Files.

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KANSAS: Tenth Circuit Court DENIES Stay, Same-Sex Marriages To Start On Tuesday

From the ruling: The district court granted preliminary injunctive relief to plaintiffs on November 4, enjoining defendants from enforcing or applying Kansas constitutional and statutory provisions that prohibit issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The district court then stayed its injunctive order until 5:00 p.m. on November 11. Defendants immediately appealed the preliminary injunction ruling and also filed an …

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Kansas Goes Cerulean

But poor Florida is still cerulean. Map legend.

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KANSAS!

Read the ruling. Defendants’ stay request presents a relatively close call. As Guzzo explained, the Tenth Circuit has settled the substance of the constitutional challenge plaintiffs’ motion presents. Id. at *5. And under the Circuit’s decisions, Kansas law is encroaching on plaintiffs constitutional rights. But defendants’ arguments have required the Court to make several jurisdictional and justiciability determinations, and human …

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THURSDAY: Kansas Supreme Court Hears Marriage Equality Case

Via the Topeka Courier-Journal: Less than a week after a federal hearing, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage will once again meet in court, this time at the Kansas Supreme Court. The Kansas Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments Thursday in the case of a Johnson County judge who directed a clerk to issue a same-sex marriage license in October. …

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KANSAS: Marriage Hearing Begins

The marriage equality hearing in Kansas has begun and NPR reporter Peggy Lowe is live-tweeting from inside the courtroom.

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TODAY: Kansas Marriage Hearing

Via the Associated Press: A federal judge is to hear a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage. The hearing Friday afternoon before U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Kansas City, Kansas, is on the ACLU’s request for an order to force Kansas to allow gay marriages. The ACLU filed the lawsuit for …

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KANSAS: Crackpot Unruhs Try Again, File Amicus Brief Against Marriage Ban Repeal

The crackpot Kansas couple who were smacked down in their attempt to intervene in the Kansas marriage case are trying again, this time via an amicus brief which again claims that evil gays are trying to literally steal their marriage. Read the full brief from Phillip and Sandra Unruh at Equality Case Files.

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: “The number of states with marriage has gone up yet again this week. Only a handful of states are still trying to defend their marriage bans, and they’re quickly running out of ways to delay their inevitable loss. A straight couple in Kansas has filed a new anti-gay lawsuit, and it’s nuts. A federal judge just ruled against …

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KANSAS: Westboro Baptist Files Motion To Invervene In Same-Sex Marriage Case

From their motion: It is no small matter for a nation to accept the sin of sodomy, and the lifestyle or agenda that it entails. The description of the utter annihilation of Sodom and Gomorrah and three nearby cities is stark, and directly tied to homosexuality. This historical event described in Genesis 19:1-28, Holy Bible, must be considered at this …

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KANSAS: “Gays Want To Steal Our Marriage” Nutcases Shot Down By Court

Remember the crackpot Kansas couple that says evil gays are attempting to literally steal their marriage?  A federal court has told them to suck it. A federal judge has rejected an attempt by a heterosexual couple to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the state’s gay marriage ban.The ruling reads that Phillip and Sandra Unruh, of Harper, have no legal right …

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Caption This

That’s Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. You’ll recall that the Benhams gave the same treatment to Alan Robertson, Rick Perry, and Bobby Jindal. Note that the coming Houston hate rally logo is on the screen behind them.

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KANSAS: Duggars And FRC Rally Today Against Gays With Gov. Sam Brownback

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KANSAS: Straight Couple Seeks To Intervene In Marriage Case Because Gays Literally Want To Steal Their Marriage

Phillip W. Unruh and Sandra L. Unruh today filed a motion to intervene in the ACLU’s marriage equality case in Kansas. As laid out in multiple points in their brief, the Unruhs declare that legalization of same-sex marriage would constitute the literal theft of their straight Christian marriage, a property which is guaranteed to belong only to them per the …

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KANSAS: Court Sets Friday Date For Hearing On Immediate Marriage Demand

On October 10th, the ACLU filed a demand for the immediate lifting of the ban on same-sex marriages in Kansas, which is covered by the Tenth Circuit Court. Today a federal court set the hearing for that demand for this Friday at 10AM. Also on October 10th, the Kansas Supreme Court stopped the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in that …

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Tweet Of The Day – Evan Wolfson

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: “We just picked up more states with the freedom to marry, and the number could continue increasing over the course of this week. But in several states, officials are blocking the start of marriage despite courts ruling against their bans. We’ll have the details on how couples are fighting back. Plus, more bad news for the National Organization …

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