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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages, was handed down on June 26, 2015, and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.
LGBTQ rights in Kentucky Kentucky (USA) Status Legal since 1992 (Kentucky v. Wasson) Gender identity Transgender individuals may alter their birth certificate after sex-reassignment surgery Discrimination protections Sexual orientation and gender identity protections (see below) Family rights Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage since 2015 Restrictions Kentucky Constitutional ...
Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 [3] of 2004, is an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution that made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 75% of the voters.
Kentucky lawmakers later changed the rules to remove county clerks’ names from marriage licenses. However, several couples who had been turned away at Davis’ office in the summer of 2015 sued her.
(1) If any resident of this state marries in another state, the marriage shall be valid here if valid in the state where solemnized, unless the marriage is against Kentucky public policy. (2) A marriage between members of the same sex is against Kentucky public policy and shall be subject to the prohibitions established in KRS 402.045.
A county clerk in Kentucky who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples based on her religious beliefs heads to court on Thursday.
Former Rowan County clerk Kim Davis is filing an appeal in a case in which she was ordered to pay two of the men $100,000, plus $260,000 in attorney’s fees.
Maurice Blanchard and Dominique James held a religious marriage ceremony on June 3, 2006. Kentucky county clerks repeatedly refused them marriage licenses. Timothy Love and Lawrence Ysunza had been living together as a couple for thirty years when, on February 13, 2014, they were refused a marriage license at the Jefferson County Clerk's office.