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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor blocks Kansas same-sex marriage ruling
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has issued an order blocking same-sex marriages in Kansas. Sotomayor’s brief order Monday puts on hold indefinitely a lower-court order clearing the way for same-sex couples to marry despite a ban in Kansas on gay marriage.
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Kansas gay rights advocates watching courts for marriage developments
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas gay rights leader says he expects same-sex couples to seek marriage licenses at county courthouses later this week and have weddings quickly as the courts consider whether the state can enforce its gay-marriage ban.
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Kansas to appeal same-sex marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal appeals court Friday cleared the way for gay marriages in Kansas next week, but the state’s attorney general promised to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a ban on same-sex marriage while lower courts consider its constitutionality.
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Tenth Circuit denies stay, won’t block same-sex marriages in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for gay marriages to start in Kansas next week. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Friday denied a request from the state to block an order from a lower-court judge preventing Kansas from enforcing its ban on gay marriage.
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Kansas asks federal appeals court to stay same-sex marriage ruling
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is asking a federal appeals court to stay a judge’s preliminary injunction against the state enforcing its same-sex marriage ban. The state attorney general’s office filed the request Thursday with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, a day after appealing a ruling from U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree.
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Kansas Supreme Court puts off marriage hearing until federal case resolved
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court has indefinitely postponed a hearing on a same-sex marriage case because of a federal judge’s order in a separate lawsuit barring the state from enforcing its ban on same-sex marriage.
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Kansas files notice of appeal in same-sex marriage ruling
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The state of Kansas is appealing a federal judge’s order that the state must allow same-sex couples to marry pending the outcome of a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban.
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Judge orders Kansas to allow same-sex marriage, state gets one week to appeal
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge has ordered Kansas to allow same-sex couples to marry, but he delayed enforcement of the order until next week to give the state time to appeal. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring the state from enforcing its constitutional ban starting at 5 p.m. on Nov. 11, pending…
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Kansas officials urge judge not to rule on same-sex marriage ban
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas attorney general’s office told a federal judge Friday that he should not consider blocking the state from enforcing its gay-marriage ban until the state Supreme Court weighs in, while the American Civil Liberties Union argued same-sex couples suffer legal harm if the judge delays a decision.
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Judge to hold hearing Friday in challenge to Kansas same-sex marriage ban
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — 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.