Kentucky Senate votes to create separate marriage forms for same-sex couples

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Kentucky’s Senate approved a bill on Thursday that creates different marriage license forms for same-sex and heterosexual couples.

The primary purpose of the legislation was to remove the names of county clerks from marriage licenses – a response to the controversy surrounding Rowan County clerk Kim Davis and her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

But the Republican-controlled Senate amended the bill as a way to show its support for marriage between a man and a woman, with one Republican senator saying any form that did not include the words “bride” and “groom” risked being disrespectful to the “traditional family”.

Former Democratic governor Steve Beshear changed the marriage license form in 2015 after same-sex marriages became legal, removing “bride” and “groom” and replacing it with “first party” and “second party”.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/19/kentucky-senate-votes-to-create-separate-marriage-forms-for-same-sex-couples

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Associated Press
Friday 19 February 2016 01.37 GMT

[Feeling the Bern]

1. Holding on to their wedge issue of gay marriage until the bitter end!

These pigs in the GOP are sick fucks, as Malloy would say.

[mpcamb]

2. Looking for a court case...

Why else would you do it?

I can't help hoping these issue that are running 60-40% against them are going to act as an anchor for the Republican candidates in the coming election.

[Dawson Leery]

3. They need another wedge issue.

They lost the gay marriage war, 60% strongly support a woman's right to chose, 2:1 support a pathway to citizenship for illegals,
most Republicans support wage standards........See where this is going?

[Kelvin Mace]

4. Separate, but equal forms, I am sure

[Chicago1980]

7. What I was going to say.

[Person 2713]

8. Ditto

[2naSalit]

5. Sounds discriminatory to me......nt

[SusanLarson]

6. Just how many times does separate but equal have to be ruled Unconstitutional

Not constitutional, separate but equal is not equal. this violates the Equal Protection of the Law.

[turbinetree]

9. To the right wing bigots in Kentucky....................................

instead of trying to solve problems in Kentucky, your more worried about words on a damn document..........................resign

Here are some facts of your right wing agenda, and utter lack of leadership to explain to everyone your christian values and how your kim davis of the world with what your state is currently doing to citizens and children and others

Do you not have any shame ................................apparently not----------------look at your two federal senators Rand Paul and good old turtle lips----------------the below information is a reflection of your lack of leadership and now you have a right wing governor that is going to cause more damage to the people listed below because of health care costs --------------------you really are sick.................you are more worried about "party 1 and party 2"



http://www.feedingamericaky.org/truth-about-hunger/kentucky-statistics


http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/10294-1


http://veterans.ky.gov/otherprograms/Pages/homeless.aspx


Honk---------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[jmowreader]

12. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are Kentucky's senators

Paul Ryan is a Congressman from Wisconsin who serves as Speaker of the House. Except for a year as a marketer for his family's construction company, his entire career revolves around far-right politics.

Rand Paul is a Senator from Kentucky. Before he got elected to Congress, he was an eye doctor.

It is easy to confuse them because they're both fucked in the head, but they are different people.

[turbinetree]

13. I will correct, they pretty much are the same, just different suits.........................

they just want to hurt people , they have done not one iota to help children, homelessness, and they really are a disgrace

Thanks----------------------I will correct

[blackspade]

10. Fucking bigots.

What a disgrace.

[mnhtnbb]

11. What a bunch of a$$holes.

Boy, the bigots just won't give up, will they?

[Zorra]

14. The stupidity and incompetence of Republicans legislators is costing American taxpyers

a fortune.

[Jokerman]

15. I'd like to see how much time and money has been wasted

by republican legislators and governors just to deny equal rights to a group of people.

I'm sure it would be staggering.

[Myrina]

16. "Separate but Equal" ? The Scalia-less SCOTUS is gonna have a field day with that.

n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

19. I Doubt It

The lower courts will issue a stay and the Supremes will refuse to hear the case, no matter who is part of it. They themselves have already made this a settled matter of law.

This is horrible pandering to the rabid conservatives and they're doing something they know will never pass muster rather than doing something useful.

[CherokeeDem]

17. No, no,no....

These f***ing assholes just keep getting things wrong. If I hear one more idiotic statement about traditional marriage from these fools... I'm going to explode. Members of the LGBT community should not be segregated from the general population in any manner. As a straight person, I prefer partner over bride and groom... how archaic.

I live in Kentucky and while I realize there is stupid everywhere, there is a special kind of stupid in the state legislature. Planning on moving soon... I know there are idiots everywhere but at least, it won't be these idiots.

[dembotoz]

18. would imagine they are banking on a gop president and a new supreme court undoing equality

with gay couples having a separate form, the removal of the marriage will be easy cause they are already sorted