Federal judge in Kentucky strikes down marriage ban; 23rd pro-marriage ruling in 1 year

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Today, July 1, 2014, U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II ruled in favor of the freedom to marry, striking down a constitutional amendment in the state that restricts marriage to different-sex couples.

Previously, Judge Heyburn struck down the portion of the marriage ban in Kentucky that denies respect to same-sex couples who legally married in other states. Shortly after that ruling (in Love v. Beshear) in February 2014, two unmarried couples intervened in the case, which was retitled Love v. Beshear.

The Kentucky cases were filed last summer (with the intervening couples granted permission in February) by private lawyers from Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and Fauver Law Office in Louisville, KY. Bourke v. Beshear will be considered by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit this summer, with oral arguments scheduled for August 6, 2014, the same day that oral arguments will be heard in marriage cases from Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

http://www.freedomtomarry.org/blog/entry/federal-judge-in-kentucky-strikes-down-marriage-ban

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Almost there Kentucky!

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1. District courts have it right

But 14 states have decisions stayed pending appeal, ultimately to the Supreme Court. The fight is far from over.

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2. We will get there

Kennedy will side with the liberal judges on the matter, just like with DOMA Section 2.