Updated: Supreme Court Drops Stay, Kansas Marriages Can Begin
The U.S. Supreme Court, after granting a temporary stay on a federal ruling striking down Kansas’s ban on same-sex marriage has lifted the stay.Â
The U.S. Supreme Court has just lifted the stay it placed on Monday on a ruling striking down Kansas’ same-sex marriage ban. Licenses can be given to same-sex couples immediately.
But an interesting note was included in this evening’s order: “Justices Scalia and Justice Thomas would grant the application for stay.”
BREAKING: Supreme Court Ends Stay On Kansas Same-Sex Marriage Order http://t.co/O6Fal6H51v pic.twitter.com/heXYFE6k2u
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 12, 2014
#SCOTUS DENIES stay in #Kansas case. Scalia & Thomas would have granted pic.twitter.com/CBJ2CqkmkN
— Equality Case Files (@EQCF) November 12, 2014
Usually notices include no hints or extraneous information, often to the frustration of court watchers and legal experts.Â
“Although the justices gave no reasons for their decisions, the decision by Scalia and Thomas to note their position that they would have granted a stay marked a change from recent stay requests out of Idaho and Alaska on marriage cases,” Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed notes. “In those matters, no justices announced opposition to the decision to allow same-sex couples to marry during any appeals.”
Regardless, let the celebrations begin!
♪ “Off to see the Justice! The wonderful Justice of Peace!” ♫ Congrats on #MarriageEquality #kansas! #LGBT pic.twitter.com/rNlzGH67eY
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) November 12, 2014
Here’s a link to the #SCOTUS order DENYING stay in Kansas marriage case: http://t.co/tAt3KPIVAm @KansasEquality @aclukansas
— Equality Case Files (@EQCF) November 12, 2014
Friends of Dorothy rejoice for marriage equality in Kansas!
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) November 12, 2014
Gay #marriage legalized in #Kansas. Related news? The state rocked by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake. #LGBT http://t.co/AMK4A2Qo9C via @ABC
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) November 12, 2014
How appropriate. Marriage equality IN the land of Dorothy. Marriage equality in Kansas. Another deep red state with equality. Awesome.
— David Robertson (@101flyboy) November 12, 2014
Supreme Court ruling makes Kansas the 33rd state to allow gay marriage. http://t.co/G8LaNTx6xu pic.twitter.com/yU053cIW88
— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) November 12, 2014
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated with several tweets and removing the question about dissenting Justices.
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