Gay Marriage Licenses Allowed in Kansas County

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Source: Associated Press

@AP: MORE: Kansas county judge orders Johnson County clerk's office to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples: http://t.co/64gat8uBPE/s/qtTo

Gay marriage licenses allowed in Kansas county

OCT. 8, 2014 5:12 PM EDT

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A judge in northeast Kansas has ordered a county to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following actions earlier this week by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Johnson County Chief District Judge Kevin Moriarty issued the order Wednesday. He says it was meant to avoid confusion about the legal climate surrounding gay marriages.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans on gay marriage. One of them was Utah, which is in the same federal appeals court circuit as Kansas.

The Kansas Constitution has banned gay marriage since 2005.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/525af8dc8530440bb8a2cc2a142bb457/gay-marriage-licenses-allowed-kansas-county

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1. Dame-Sex

Dame Etna?

[arcane1]

2. So only lesbians are allowed to marry, for now.

[valerief]

4. Knighted lesbians.

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3. Dame-sex? Uh-oh. The "dame-is-offensive" crowd will descend soon.

[gopiscrap]

5. Good