Talk:Same-sex marriage in Kansas

Kansas Supreme Court
Let's keep Wikipedia accurate. Let it be known I support SSM, but it is important that the facts are presented accurately. The Kansas Supreme Court has issued an order (PDF link on main page) that, in short, says:

> The Kansas Supreme Court will not issue a statewide decision on the matter since other counties were not parties of the lawsuit. Like the South Carolina Supreme Court, they will not consider a case when a federal ruling is imminent as statewide consistency is harmed when a potential conflicting decision is issued.

> The Kansas Supreme Court lifted the stay that was placed earlier by them of an earlier decision by the Chief Judge in Johnston County. While noting that other counties have come to different conclusions, given the facts before him (including the recent US Supreme Court decision not to issue a stay in Kansas despite by the 6th Circuit's ruling upholding the ban), that the judge able to make the decision to issue marriage licenses.

> The Kansas Supreme Court declined to issue a statewide order. They stated that although there were only 2 county clerks technically sued in the lawsuit, the judge's words would seem to indicate the judge wanted his ruling to apply to all counties. The court said they won't hold any further proceedings until the federal case is fully adjudicated.

RfC United States same-sex marriage map
I opened up an RfC for the U.S. same-sex marriage map due to the complicated situation of Kansas: RfC: How should we color Kansas? Prcc27 (talk) 10:24, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

population percentages
I don't think precision is important here, but I thought I'd explain where I've come up with the % of population in counties that license or refuse to license SSM. I've just grabbed the county populations from List of counties in Kansas and used the state population found on the Kansas entry: 2,893,957. I was rounding down from 61.78 when I said "more than 60%", and now that's changed. So I'll recalculate and put a solid number here. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 15:16, 22 November 2014 (UTC)


 * With the addition of Dickinson, Geary, Marion, and Morris, we're at 1,928,141 / 2,893,957, which is 66.6265 -- still not two-thirds. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 15:29, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * There is a very minor wrinkle in that the county list is using 2012 numbers, meaning the total state population (and the sum of the county page numbers) is 2,885,398. So using the county numbers, we're at 66.82% -- over two-thirds. Here is the Census Bureau's 2013 county numbers. Dralwik&#124;Have a Chat 15:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

That link doesn't work. If you've figured out how to get to the dataset, can you explain? Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 16:01, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Turns out that first link is a generic Census Bureau data link that uses the Bureau cookie to show the most recent table you looked at. It is the Kansas link on the county estimates page. Crunching the numbers, the 2013 ratio is 1,936,437 / 2,893,957 (66.91%). Dralwik&#124;Have a Chat 16:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. There's a bookmark feature there that produces this: http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2013/PEPANNRES/0400000US20.05000 Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 17:46, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Adding Ellis, Gove, Rooks, and Trego we are at 1,976,437 / 2,893,957 or 68.30%. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 03:38, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Adding Doniphan, Marshall, and Nemaha, we are at 2,004,451 / 2,893,957 or 69.26%. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 00:28, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Adding Allen, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson gives us 2,046,331 / 2,893,957 which is 70.71%. Dralwik&#124;Have a Chat 01:27, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Adding Barton, Clark, Clay, Comanche, Ellsworth, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, Rice, Russell, Stafford 2,155,780 / 2,893,957, 74.49%. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 19:24, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Adding Gray County 2,161,789 / 2,893,957, 74.70%. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 23:29, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Adding Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens 2,208,423 / 2,893,957, 76.31%. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 19:41, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Adding Atchison,leavenworth 2,303,357/ 2,893,957, 79.59%.--Allan120102 (talk) 10:41, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Adding Bourbon, Linn, and Miami 2,360,560 / 2,893,957, 81.56--Allan120102 (talk) 04:01, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * For counties not issuing licenses, I've used the list provided by Equality Kansas here PLUS 4 that we report with a citation that EK still has in its indeterminate category: Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 20:04, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Adding Saline and Ottawa 2,422,342  /  2,893,957, 83.70% Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 22:36, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding Reno 2,486,532/ 2,893,957, 85.92% --Allan120102 (talk) 07:30, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Additional defendants
If anyone has sources it would be useful to answer the question that's sure to occur to many readers: why not just name the Gov and AG as defendants? I can understand a possible political rationale--not giving politicians a reason to soapbox--but that's not much of a reason if you're trying to get force the state cooperate fully. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 18:30, 26 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Or there may yet be more, per AP: "Bonney said the ACLU plans to file another motion, likely next week, asking U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree to order state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages while the lawsuit itself plays out in federal court." Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 22:50, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Counties issuing licenses
I'm told that Gray County issues licenses to same-sex couples, but I have no source to incorporate that in our narrative with a citation. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 00:28, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Gray County is listed here. Ron 1987 (talk) 04:21, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I updated the map! Prcc27 (talk) 05:07, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Per the article, there are 21 counties that refuse licenses, but only 12 are on the map. 108.171.132.164 (talk) 20:49, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * It says "citation needed" so once a citation is provided I will update the map! Prcc27 (talk) 04:32, 27 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Prcc27 two more counties add to the map. Can you please add them? They are Atchison and Leavenworth. http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_d0bc575b-068e-5da1-b55b-2a8180192580.html .--Allan120102 (talk) 20:40, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. I also restored the original resolution on the map. Dralwik&#124;Have a Chat 20:50, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Kiowa County shouldn't be in blue?--201.219.190.155 (talk) 18:33, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Here is a link which shows that 39 counties are not issuing licenses can someone color in pink those counties please. Only the 30th judicial district won}t say as no one have ask for licenses. http://eqks.org/marriage-update-february-9-2015/ --Allan120102 (talk) 04:28, 10 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Reno county now issuing haven't seen of the others.http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/same-sex-couples-can-apply-for-marriage-license-in-reno/article_6dab1860-3a33-5320-8409-fd411600b70c.html --Allan120102 (talk) 00:59, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

I went to investigate as I saw a license being denied in Rice county as someone upload that in Aclu Kansas. Now I see the 20th judicial district is not issuing licenses. Those 5 counties need to be color pink http://www.salina.com/news/local/first-same-sex-marriage-license-issued-in-saline-county/article_d01974c3-159f-5d15-8336-fde4b0af7522.html. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allan120102 (talk • contribs) 07:43, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Article needs updating in light of Obergefell ruling on 6/26/15.Unclemikejb2 (talk) 21:50, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

state agencies
There's a lot more to marriage than a license. What state agencies do will bear watching. I've seen expressions of doubt and expectations that Brownbeck will drag this out. Any details would be useful, but I've seen nothing for Kansas comparable to U of Texas announcement of benefits for spouses in SSMs. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 22:06, 30 June 2015 (UTC)