Equality Kansas update – Noon Monday

Equality Kansas updated its website with information from Executive Director Tom Witt, on today's Kansas Supreme Court action, at noon, Monday Nov. 17.

Here is the information posted:

The Kansas Supreme Court [today, Nov. 17] is currently conducting private deliberations on the State v Moriarty case, where Attorney General Schmidt demanded in October that same-sex marriages be stopped.

There will be no hearing, and no oral arguments. We are hoping the court issues an order or ruling today, or at least within the next few days.

Some counties are issuing marriage licenses without waiting for the Kansas court to rule - they consider the US Supreme Court's denial of a stay of Judge Crabtree's ruling enough to proceed. Some counties are accepting applications pending a ruling from our state Supreme Court, while others are refusing to do anything, including accepting applications, unless given a specific order from a higher court.

Counties we know are issuing marriage licenses:

Cowley
Douglas
Riley
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Wyandotte

If you're in a hurry to get married, you may go to one of the above counties and apply for your marriage license. After three days, you can go back and pick it up. You do not need to live in those counties, but you need to pick up your license from the county where you applied for it.

A question that keeps popping up (and that we keep answering): What about out-of-state marriages, or recent Kansas marriages? The State of Kansas is still refusing to recognize them. If you apply for a state service (such as changing your name, filing your taxes, and so on) and are denied recognition of your status, get the name and title of the person refusing to serve you, and send that information to witt@eqks.org.

As the situation changes, The Gayly and Kansas Equality will keep you updated.

The Gayly – November 17, 2014 @ 12:25pm