Breaking: Federal Judge Rules For Same-Sex Marriage In Kansas

A federal judge, on Election Day, has ruled against the State of Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage.

Federal Judge Daniel Crabtree today has found that a ban on same-sex marriage violates the violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Judge has placed a temporary, one-week stay on his ruling, until November 11, unless the State of Kansas indicates it will not appeal.

The ACLU had filed the suit, Marie v. Moser, after the U.S, Supreme Court refused to review any same-sex marriage cases, including those in the 10th Circuit’s purview, Utah and Oklahoma.

Kansas voted to add an amendment to its constitution banning same-sex marriage back in 2005.

“In the past year, nearly 50 different rulings have been issued from state and federal courts in favor of the freedom to marry for same-sex couples,” Freedom To Marry notes.

Same-sex couples in Kansas had a day to marry before the state Supreme Court place a stay on an October 9 ruling.

LOOK: Only One Lesbian Couple Managed To Marry During The Brief Time Same-Sex Marriages Were Legal In Kansas

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Hat tip: Chris Johnson at Washington Blade