Judge strikes down Kentucky ban on out-of-state gay marriages

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A federal judge ruled today that Kentucky must respect marriages of gay and lesbian couples legally performed in other states.
U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II -- appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1992 on the recommendation of current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell -- announced his decision today.
Heyburn ruled that the ban violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. He is the 10th federal or state judge to invalidate the discriminatory bans on marriage equality.



"Today a Republican-appointed federal judge in Kentucky held ? as did judges in Utah and Oklahoma weeks ago and as did the U.S. Supreme Court last year ? that there is simply no legitimate justification for denying equal protection to same-sex couples, echoing the majority of Americans who support the freedom to marry, including a growing number of conservatives."


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