U.S. judge voids Kansas ban on same-sex marriage!

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Outstanding!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/04/kansas-same-sex-marriage/18478767/

A federal judge Tuesday blocked Kansas from enforcing the state's ban on same-sex marriage, but he delayed the injunction for a week to allow an appeal.

The action follows last month's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand lower-court rulings that declared such prohibitions unconstitutional in Utah and Oklahoma.

In his 38-page opinion, U.S. District Court judge Daniel Crabtree ruled that the Kansas ban likewise violated the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.

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1. Yayyyyy!

That makes a kajillion states!

[LonePirate]

2. This was last week. Sotomayor has since stayed that decision.

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3. Um, that was a week ago...ruling blocked by SC Monday

Questions fly in Kansas, as SCOTUS temporarily blocks marriage equality

Once again, the fate of gay and lesbian couples hoping to wed rests in the hands of the nation’s highest court.

With just over 24 hours to go until a ruling striking down Kansas’ same-sex marriage ban was due to take effect, Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday granted an emergency request for a stay from the state’s Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The stay might not last long; Sotomayor, the justice assigned to the 10th Circuit (which has jurisdiction over Kansas,) granted the request “pending receipt of a response, due on or before Tuesday, November 11, 2014, by 5 p.m. ET.”

“She’s granted what sounds like a 24-hour stay,” said Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, to msnbc. “It’s real hard to say what’s going to happen next.”

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4. Thanks for the update! n/t