Kansas to Keep Unconstitutional Sodomy Law On the Books
Congressional Republicans aren’t the only ones seeking to defend an unconstitutional anti-gay law. In Kansas, the ranking Republican and Democrat on the state’s House Judiciary Committee confirmed that...
View ArticleTwo Men Attacked In Wichita, KS
From the Wichita Eagle: Sgt. Jesse Boomer said two cars pulled up beside the 18- and 19-year-olds walking in the 1700 block of east Douglas, near Hydraulic, around 2:30 a.m. Six men, all in their late...
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Westboro Baptist has candidate running for Kansas School Board
From James Gurney’s charming children’s book Dinotopia, which has nothing to do with Intelligent Design. IN the 1990′s the Kansas State Board of Education became the front line in the battle over the...
View ArticleNew FMA proposal has four flat tires and a busted radiator
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) saw the DOMA decision as an opportunity, his ride out of obscurity. So he was the first to trot out with an announcement the he, Rep Huelskamp, would be introducing a...
View ArticleChristians Had A Tip for One Kansas Waiter
A 20-year-old waiter at a Carrabba’s in Overland Park, Kansas got a lovely note from Christian customers: Thank you for your service, it was excellent. That being said, we cannot in good conscience...
View ArticleKansas lawmaker objects to non-discrimination in safe houses
Here’s a tiny little story out of Kansas (Wichita Eagle) Daric Smith, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s program director for child placing and residential programs, came before the...
View ArticleInconvenient Scripture
In something out of Kansas called The Rolla Daily News, Jim Brock rants about the proposed pro-discrimination bill. He doesn’t think it’s very Christian: I guess some members of the Kansas House never...
View ArticleKansas anti-gay bill killed
Last week the Kansas House of Representatives passed a broad and sweeping bill to “protect the religious beliefs” of individuals and businesses who object to same sex marriage and who wish to...
View ArticleIs Arizona a Turning Point?
It would appear that the outcry over Arizona’s license-to-discriminate bill that was finally vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer last night may have reached something of a high water mark. Major companies,...
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The Most Momentous Supreme Court Non-Decision Ever Made
With today’s Supreme Court non-decision, about 53% of all Americans now live in jurisdictions with marriage equality. That’s twenty-four states and the District of Columbia. Indiana, Oklahoma,...
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And Kansas makes 33
Kansas is in the Tenth Circuit, which has ruled anti-gay marriage bans unconstitutional. The Supreme Court opted not to hear an appeal to that ruling, which establishes that states within the Tenth...
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Kansas marriages begin
Dark purple – marriages now may occur Light Purple – states are in circuits which have found for marriage equality Red – the Sixth Circuit has upheld the bans on equality in these states The state of...
View ArticleKansas falls
The last state in the Union to hold out offering state services to gay citizens has capitulated. Kansas held off for nearly two weeks while they “studied” the Obergefell Supreme Court ruling to see...
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Lots of Trans Legal News: One State Adds, One State Defends, Ten More States Sue
NOTES: In states other than Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, local jurisdictions may provide additional anti-discrimination protections beyond those provided by state law. On June 30, a federal...
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Anti-Gay Tea Party Congressman Loses Primary Race
In a surprising development, Tea Party darling Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) lost his primary bid for re-election to congress. Huelskamp was so tea-baggy that the representative from Kansas’s vast first...
View ArticleTexas Leads A Five-State Lawsuit Over Obamacare Transgender Rules
From Buzfeed’s Chris Geidner: Five states, led by Texas, and several nonprofit medical groups, all of which are religiously affiliated, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Obama administration’s...
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