COUPLE SUES KY TO ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSE
Source: AP
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky couple on Friday sued the state, seeking to force it to issue same-sex marriage licenses after a federal judge ruled earlier this week that the state must recognize the unions if they are performed in other states or countries.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville seeks to build on that earlier ruling by raising the issue of whether Kentucky should sanction them if they take place in the Bluegrass State.
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In overturning Kentucky law, U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II ruled that the 2004 constitutional amendment treated "gay and lesbian persons differently in a way that demeans them."
The ruling only requires Kentucky to recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples performed legally in other places. It does not deal with the question of whether the state can be required to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. That issue wasn't brought up in the four lawsuits that triggered the ruling.
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What do you get the person you love for Valentine's Day? A legal ruling that allows you to marry!!
