Legislators Reject Kansas Gay Marriage Ban

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(Topeka, Kansas) For the second time legislators in Kansas have rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

In March the Kansas Senate defeated the same bill after it had been passed in the House. But, last month, after pressure from conservative religious groups and right wing Republicans, lawmakers from both the House and Senate agreed write a single wide-ranging ban to be put to the two chambers, an action that usually comes only after separate bills have already passed each house. (story)

The ban would have included civil unions and barred the state from providing any legal benefits to same-sex couples.

The new bill passed the Senate last weekend. But, today in the House, it failed by five votes.

Had it passed, the question would have been put to voters in November.

The state already has a Defense of Marriage Act that limits marriage to a man and a woman, but conservative lawmakers say it could be overturned by judges, pointing to Massachusetts where the state Supreme Court ruled preventing gays from marrying is unconstitutional.

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http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/05/050404ksBan.htm

Looks like we have another of the State legislator teams on our side :)

Just have to get that moron in the white house to see it their way now ;)

Regards,

Lee