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Two lawsuits, one in state court and the other in federal court, challenged the constitutionality of the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and on November 4, 2014, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Kansas' ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. His ruling was stayed as the state sought a stay pending appeal without success, and it took ...
Kansas Amendment 1, [3] which was put before voters on April 5, 2005, [4] is an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 70% of the voters.
Moriarty to halt the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples there. [44] Several Kansas counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples for the first time on November 13, 2014, though Attorney General Schmidt contended that the federal court order in Marie v. Moser only applied to two counties. [45]
Kansas Republicans on Monday rejected an attempt by Democrats to change state laws that require marriage to be between a man and a woman. While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that states ...
The ACLU of Kansas has a new filing in Shawnee County District Court arguing that transgender people should be able to get gender marker changes on driver's licenses, despite what Attorney General ...
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Leavenworth (/ ˈ l ɛ v ə n ˌ w ɜːr θ /) is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States [1] and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,351. [5] [6] It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River.
The Respect for Marriage Act changes nothing about the way we live — but it does assure Kansas’ same-sex parents and their children their relationships won’t suddenly be torn asunder and ...