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Fri Oct 10, 2014, 11:52 PM Oct 2014

ACLU, Kansas attorney general go to court over gay marriage

Source: Wichita Eagle

The assault on same-sex marriage bans zeroed in on Kansas on Friday with a new legal challenge that could clear the way for gay marriage in yet another state.

Two lesbian couples – one from Wichita and another from Lecompton – challenged the state’s ban in federal court Friday afternoon.

The lawsuit capped a topsy-turvy day that began with the state’s first same-sex marriage in Johnson County.

It ended when the state Supreme Court temporarily stopped the county from issuing any more licenses to gay couples.

Read more: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article2652913.html

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