Kansas
Kansas citizens fought against an anti-marriage state constitutional amendment on the 2005 ballot. Unluckily marriage discrimination was written into the state constitution, but as a result, people across the state came out and stood up for fairness and equality, and against people trying to justify discrimination in favor of religion. Kansans across the state continue to work towards overturning marriage discrimination and obtaining fairness for all families.
Status: Anti-Marriage Constitutional Amendment
Groups Actively Working on Marriage
Kansas Equality Coalition: a unified statewide group offair-minded people who are determined to end discrimination based onsexual orientation and gender identity
Blog Posts Related to Kansas
Editorial: Fair Courts in the Cross-Fire
The New York Times editorial board criticizes campaigns against justices around the country, including an anti-gay campaign against the three Iowa Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of marriage for lesbian and gay couples in the state.
For same-sex couples, a patchwork of marriage laws
Many lesbian and gay couples struggle with the classification and recognition of their relationships due to varying marriage equality laws and freedom to marry bans throughout the United States.
Resources Related to Kansas
Pew Poll Finds Growing Support for Freedom to Marry Among Evangelicals, Majority Support Among Youth
A comprehensive Pew poll found majority support for the freedom to marry among young people, college graduates and Catholics, with growing support among all other religious categories.
Kansas Census Snapshot
Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Kansas.
Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey
Groundbreaking research showing a huge increase in same-sex couples identifying themselves as "unmarried partners".