'Parody marriages': Kansas Republican lawmakers' bills attacks same-sex relationships as fake [View all]
Bob Brigham 14 FEB 2019 AT 00:10 ET
Republican legislators in Kansas are continuing to attack same-sex couples despite the United States Supreme Court decision recognizing marriage equality.
A handful of Kansas lawmakers are backing a bill that labels same-sex marriages parody marriages and seeks to stop the state from recognizing them, The Wichita Eagle reports.
Another bill would create an elevated marriage for straight couples and make divorce more difficult in some cases. That bill also describes same-sex marriages as parody marriages, the Eagle noted.
The bills were introduced only months after Kansas elected the states first openly gay legislators.
I am very disappointed, said Rep. Susan Ruiz (D-Shawnee), the states first out lesbian in the chamber.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/parody-marriages-kansas-republican-lawmakers-bills-attacks-sex-relationships-fake/