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Kansas is the 34th U.S. state, admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861. Its capital city is Topeka, its largest city is Wichita, and largest metropolitan area is Kansas City.

LGBT Rights in Kansas: A constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and same-sex civil unions was approved by voters in April 2005. State law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in government employment. only. Kansas's hate crimes law covers hate crimes based on sexual orientation but not gender identity.

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Kansas state capitol in Topeka.

Kansas delays further action on religious freedom protections until next year

Thursday, March 6, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas lawmakers will not consider enacting new legal protections this year for those who oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds, but will debate the issue again in 2015, the state Senate's top leader said Thursday. [ Read more → ]
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Kansas reopens debate on religious freedom for those opposed to gay unions

Thursday, March 6, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Legislators are reopening a debate on whether Kansas should enact special legal protections for people, groups and businesses opposing same-sex marriage for religious reasons. [ Read more → ]
John Hanna, APIn this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 photo, Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas urges a crowd to work for the election defeat of socially conservative legislators during a rally at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.

Gay rights supporters in Kansas seek new anti-bias laws

Sunday, March 2, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Having won a key legislative fight with social conservatives in Kansas, gay rights advocates aren't content with simply blocking a measure they said would have encouraged businesses and government workers to refuse to serve gays and lesbians in the name of religious freedom. [ Read more → ]
Alex Brandon, AP

Religious freedom bills: The latest effort to counter advances in marriage equality

Friday, February 28, 2014
WASHINGTON – Religious freedom bills in more than a dozen state legislatures this year mark the latest effort by opponents of same-sex marriage to counter the growing public acceptance of marriage equality, and the momentum of federal court rulings striking down state gay marriage bans. [ Read more → ]
Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.

Kansas tea party group renews push for anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill

Sunday, February 23, 2014
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita, Kan.-based tea party group has launched an email campaign urging its members to pepper state lawmakers with messages in support of a bill that allows service refusal to same-sex couples on religious grounds. [ Read more → ]
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Kansas state Senator declares gay discrimination bill is dead

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- An anti-gay marriage proposal that roiled Kansas politics is dead, the chairman of a state Senate committee assigned to review it said Tuesday. [ Read more → ]
Sen. Susan Wagle (R-Wichita), president of the Kansas Senate.

Kan. senate leader: Bill allowing religious discrimination against gays won’t pass

Friday, February 14, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The president of the Kansas Senate says her chamber is unlikely to pass a bill that would prevent lawsuits against someone who refuses, for religious reasons, to provide services to gay and lesbians. [ Read more → ]
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Kan. House OKs bill allowing religious discrimination against gay couples

Wednesday, February 12, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas House is preparing to take final action on a bill intended to keep individuals, groups and businesses from being compelled to provide services for same-sex ceremonies. [ Read more → ]
Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.

Kan. House gives initial OK on bill to allow discrimination against gay couples

Tuesday, February 11, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas House members have given first-round approval to a bill aimed at protecting people, groups and businesses that cite religious reasons for refusing to provide goods or services for gay weddings. [ Read more → ]
Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.

Kan. House panel approves bill allowing discrimination based on religious beliefs

Thursday, February 6, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A Kansas House committee on Wednesday will debate legislation aimed at protecting individuals, groups and businesses that refuse for religious reasons to recognize same-sex unions or provide benefits to gay couples. [ Read more → ]
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Analysis: Marriage shift has religious conservatives in Kansas scrambling

Sunday, February 2, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Religious conservatives in Kansas fear that the legal wall they built against same-sex marriage will soon tumble, and they're looking for legislators to help them dig a new line of defense in resisting a growing American acceptance of same-sex relationships. A... [ Read more → ]
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Gay rights group seeks repeal of Kan. same-sex marriage ban

Friday, January 31, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. — The leading gay rights advocacy group in Kansas is asking legislators to repeal a state law and a provision in the state constitution that both ban same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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Kan. House panel hears testimony on bill allowing discrimination against gays

Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Opponents of same-sex marriage urged Kansas legislators Tuesday to approve new legal protections for bakeries, photographers and others who refuse for religious reasons to supply goods or services for same-sex ceremonies, anticipating that federal courts could soon strike down the state's ban on such unions. [ Read more → ]
Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.

Kan. lawmakers to consider bill allowing discrimination based on religious beliefs

Sunday, January 26, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- With the legal climate uncertain for states banning gay marriage, Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal designed to allow individuals, groups and businesses to refuse to recognize or provide goods, services or benefits to gay couples based on their religious beliefs. [ Read more → ]
William Marotta

Kan. judge rules lesbian couple’s sperm donor owes child support

Thursday, January 23, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. — A man who provided sperm to a lesbian couple in response to an online ad is the father of a child born to one of the women and must pay child support, a Kansas judge ruled Wednesday. [ Read more → ]
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Same-sex couples sue to overturn Kansas tax filing policy

Tuesday, December 31, 2013
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Two married same-sex couples in Kansas are suing to overturn a state policy preventing them from filing joint state income tax returns, arguing that the requirement is discriminatory and puts the couples "in second-tier" unions. [ Read more → ]
Christopher Yates

Inmate says Kansas won’t allow his husband to visit him in prison

Monday, November 4, 2013
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas prison inmate claims he's being discriminated against because the Department of Corrections won't allow visits from his husband, whom he married legally in Iowa. [ Read more → ]
Photos courtesy Equality House, Planting Peace

Equality House hosts ‘Drag Down Bigotry’ show in Westboro neighborhood

Monday, October 28, 2013
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the "God hates Fags" movement, found itself with ringside seats to drag show on Saturday, organized by its neighbor, the rainbow painted Equality House. [ Read more → ]
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Christian diners say gay waiter is ‘an affront to God’ and deserves no tip

Friday, October 25, 2013
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- A pair of Christian diners stiffed their 20-year-old server at Carraba’s Italian restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, on the grounds that his homosexuality is “an affront to God.” [ Read more → ]
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Kansas latest state to rule married, gay couples must file taxes as singles

Saturday, October 5, 2013
WICHITA, Kan. -- Kansas tax officials issued a ruling Friday saying same-sex couples must file their state income tax returns as if each person were single, even if they filed as married on their federal returns. [ Read more → ]
Topeka, Kan.

Topeka adds sexual orientation, gender identity bias to Commission’s role

Thursday, September 19, 2013
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Topeka City Council has voted to expand the work of the city's Human Relations Commission to include education about discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. [ Read more → ]
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Topeka city council to consider proposal on anti-LGBT discrimination

Friday, September 13, 2013
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The city council in Topeka, Kan., has scheduled a vote on an anti-discrimination proposal that would amend responsibility of the city's Human Relations Commission to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” [ Read more → ]
U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.)

Kan. delegation leery of Huelskamp’s anti-gay marriage bill

Wednesday, July 31, 2013
HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- A Republican congressman's legislation seeking a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has picked up more sponsors - except from his colleagues in Kansas. [ Read more → ]
William Marotta

Lesbian couple’s sperm donor asks judge to rule he is not child’s father

Saturday, July 27, 2013
TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas man being pursued for child support by the state after he donated sperm to a lesbian couple is asking a judge to rule in his favor before a trial. [ Read more → ]
U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.)

GOP lawmaker introduces bill to amend U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage

Monday, July 1, 2013
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) on Friday introduced legislation to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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