TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court has announced plans to begin deliberating a same-sex marriage case on the same day that a mass wedding was planned in Wichita.
The hearing planned for Monday stems from a petition that Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed after a Johnson County judge directed that marriage licenses be issued to same-sex couples.
But even before the hearing, same-sex couples were moving ahead with wedding plans.
A federal judge last week ordered Kansas to allow same-sex couples to marry, but delayed enforcement of his order until Nov. 11 to give the state time to appeal.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request from Kansas to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying while the state fights the issue in a federal appeals court.
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But the American Civil Liberties Union says the ruling applies in all of Kansas’ 105 counties.
On Thursday, at least four counties were issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, while the remainder were waiting for the state court to act.
