This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for gay marriages to start in Kansas next week.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Friday denied a request from the state to block an order from a lower-court judge preventing Kansas from enforcing its ban on gay marriage.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree put on hold the order he issued this week until 5 p.m. Tuesday to give Kansas time to appeal. The state did, asking the appeals court to issue a stay to keep the gay-marriage ban in place until the appeals judges resolved the case.
But the 10th Circuit refused.
It ruled in a federal lawsuit by two lesbian couples who were denied marriage licenses.
A separate gay-marriage case is before the Kansas Supreme Court.
