U.S. Supreme Court blocks gay ‘marriage’ in Kansas…temporarily
English: Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court justice (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court's order forcing the state of Kansas to begin recognizing same-sex “marriages” today. Justice Sonia Sotomayor , who handles emergency appeals, issued the surprising order at 5:58 p.m. Monday evening. The order may be quite temporary, as it states the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kansas, which brought the lawsuit, must respond by 4 p.m. Central time today. The confusion over the duration of the order mirrors the bewildering legal landscape in the state. The state Supreme Court has instructed officials in all 105 counties not to issue marriage licenses to homosexual couples pending the outcome of a case that is still ongoing. After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals cases from states over judicial decisions redefining marriage on October 6, a lesbian couple in Johnson County known as ...