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Federal judge schedules new hearing in challenge to Kansas gay marriage ban
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge has rescheduled a hearing for arguments over whether he should order Kansas to allow same-sex marriages. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree has scheduled a hearing for Friday, Oct. 31, at the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas. A previous hearing scheduled for Oct. 24 was cancelled.
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Westboro Baptist Church seeks to defend Kansas same-sex marriage ban
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the anti-gay extremists behind the “Gods Hate Fags” demonstrations, is seeking to intervene as defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage.
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Campaign underway to oust Kansas judge who allowed gay marriage licenses
LOUISBURG, Kan. — The husband of a state senator from northeast Kansas has begun a campaign to oust a trial judge who ordered a court clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Brian Baumgardner announced the campaign against Johnson County Chief District Judge Kevin Moriarty on Friday, accusing him in …
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Judge nixes opposite-sex couple’s bid to intervene in Kansas gay marriage case
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge has spurned an effort by a heterosexual couple to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the Kansas ban on same-sex marriage. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Friday that Harper, Kan., attorney Phillip Unruh and his wife Sandra, have no legal right to join the lawsuit …
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Kansas same-sex marriage hearing cancelled, judge may rule or reschedule
TOPEKA, Kan. — An American Civil Liberties Union attorney says a federal judge in Kansas has canceled a hearing scheduled Friday in the group’s lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Three states continue to deny same-sex marriage despite appellate court rulings
WASHINGTON — Three states are continuing their legal fight against same-sex marriage, despite rulings from federal appeals courts that oversee those states that concluded gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry. Even as officials in other states have abandoned defense of gay marriage bans, Kansas, Montana and South Carolina…
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Federal judge sets hearing on request to strike down Kansas gay marriage ban
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge has set a hearing this week to hear arguments over whether he should order Kansas to allow same-sex marriages. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree has scheduled a hearing for Friday at the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Kansas governor headlines anti-gay marriage rally in Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Saturday headlined a rally in Wichita that brought out dozens of speakers, all of whom oppose legalizing same-sex marriage in Kansas. More than one hundred people gathered in the parking lot of a local church. Organizers said the rally was “a standing for the American family and traditional…
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The week in review: The latest developments in marriage equality…
Same-sex couples won the right to wed in Alaska and Arizona on Friday, after separate court decisions ended bans in those states. And a third ruling in Wyoming means marriages there could begin within a week. The rulings bookend two weeks of legal wrangling, triggered by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that effectively legalized same-sex marriage …
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ACLU seeks court order to force Kansas to allow same-sex marriages
TOPEKA, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking a federal court order to force Kansas to allow same-sex couples to marry as the group challenges the state constitution’s ban on gay marriage. The ACLU filed its request Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, only three days after it filed a lawsuit in Wichita and…