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Kansas lawmakers hope to revive anti‑gay religious freedom bill
A number of Kansas state lawmakers are hoping to revive a religious freedom bill to would allow public and private employees to refuse to serve same-sex couples.
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ACLU asks judge to order Kansas officials to allow same-sex marriages
The ACLU wants a judge to stop officials in Kansas from prohibiting same-sex weddings and denying benefits offered to opposite-sex married couples.
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Marriage News Watch: Dec. 8, 2014
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.
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Kansas minister who officiated mass same-sex wedding getting death threats
A Kansas pastor who performs same-sex weddings is growing increasingly frightened by death threats directed at her and members of her church.
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Tenth Circuit denies Kansas’ request for full court hearing on marriage ruling
DENVER — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday denied a request by the state of Kansas for an en banc hearing on a challenge to the state’s same-sex marriage ban. An an en banc hearing is when a case is heard before all the judges of a court.
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ACLU revises Kansas same-sex marriage lawsuit to raise new claims
WICHITA, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union revised on Wednesday its lawsuit over gay marriage in Kansas to include claims that the state is refusing to recognize unions performed in Kansas and other states. The group’s amended complaint seeks to force the state to recognize same-sex marriages for spousal health insurance benefits…
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ACLU to amend Kansas lawsuit to force state recognition of gay marriages
WICHITA, Kan. — The attorney suing to overturn Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage plans to amend the lawsuit to try to win state benefits for gay couples already married.
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Governor directs Kansas state agencies to not yet recognize same-sex marriages
TOPEKA, Kan. — Same-sex couples in Kansas can get married, but the state isn’t yet allowing them to change their last names on their driver’s licenses.
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Kansas AG wants clarity on same-sex marriage from U.S. Supreme Court
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Wednesday that his vigorous defense of the state’s same-sex marriage ban is designed to get a final decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Without such a ruling, the legal uncertainty – which has some Kansas counties allowing gay couples to marry while others refuse – will persist…
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Kansas Supreme Court lifts hold on marriage licenses for same-sex couples
TOPEKA, Kan. — 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…