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THURSDAY • OCTOBER 9 • 2014
Johnson County gives go-ahead to gay marriage Douglas County denies applicants, citing constitutional ban
By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
The chief judge of the Johnson County District Court issued an order Wednesday clearing the way for same-sex couples to get married in that county, the most populous in the state. But a constitutional law professor at Kansas University said it’s still not clear that such marriages would be valid under Kansas law. Meanwhile, the district court in Douglas County issued an oppo-
site order Wednesday, sayat Kansas University, said ing the Kansas Constitution instead of going to Johndoes not allow same-sex son County to get married, marriages and that so far he and Hedlund will probno federal court has struck ably join the litigation being down the Kansas law. organized by the Kansas “I’m disappointed,” said COURTS Equality Coalition to chalThomas Tuozzo, a Lawlenge the Kansas Constiturence resident who applied for a tion’s ban on same-sex marriage. license to marry his partner of 20 The contrasting court orders years, Rodd Hedlund.” from neighboring counties came Tuozzo, a philosophy professor just two days after the U.S. Su-
Orman, Roberts engage in sharp debate
preme Court refused to hear an appeal from a lower court ruling that struck down Utah’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. That decision came from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which also has jurisdiction over federal appeals in Kansas. And the language in the Utah Constitution limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples is similar to the language in the Kansas ban.
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Four leaders inducted into Business Hall of Fame
Blood moon over KU
By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com
Four local business leaders were inducted into the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Kansas Union on Wednesday night. Bill Penny (Penny’s Concrete), Jim Schwartzburg (Packer Plastics), Dale Willey (Dale Willey Automotive) and the late Sidney Ashton Garrett (Brown Cargo Van) were honored for their contributions to the Lawrence business community. “All four of these individuals have got great stories about how they built their businesses,” said Larry McElwain, chairman of the Hall of Fame: Penny poured concrete at many of the buildings at Kansas University; Schwartzburg discovered a niche when he started making plastics cups with team logos on them; Willey competed not only against other
By Thomas Beaumont and Philip Elliott Associated Press
Overland Park — Threeterm GOP Sen. Pat Roberts on Wednesday insisted during a contentious debate that his stronger-than-expected independent opponent is a liberal Democrat in disguise. But Greg Orman, who has led or is running even with Roberts in typically Republican Kansas, has donated to Democrats, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as Republicans, such as former Sen. Scott Brown, federal records show. Orman has refused to say which party he would usually vote with if the unexpectedly tight race were to break his way on Election Day a month off. Roberts warned that in all the ways that matter in Washington, “by deed, by campaign donations, (Orman) is a Democrat.” “Who will he vote for to lead the Senate? Who will he caucus with? What committees will he serve on,” Roberts went on during the Johnson County Public Policy Council forum. Orman said later that he would consider voting for Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota or Alaska Republican
In Olathe, Judge Kevin Moriarty cited the 10th Circuit case in his order directing the clerk of the court to issue marriage licenses to all individuals, “including same sex-individuals, provided they are otherwise qualified to marry.” “That decision, if applied to a case and controversy out of Kansas, would no doubt hold
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2 arrested on suspicion of rape at KU dorm
Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo
A “BLOOD MOON” SITS ATOP BUDIG HALL on the Kansas University campus about 6 a.m. Wednesday. The phenomenon occurs when the sun, moon and Earth are aligned in a way that the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow. The reddish hue is a result of the sunrise on the Earth reflecting onto its surface.
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Two 21-year-old men, one a Kansas University student, were arrested Tuesday evening on suspicion of rape. The alleged rapes occurred between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. Sept. 28 in Hashinger Residence Hall, KU Police Department spokesman Capt. James Anguiano said. Anguiano said that though the alleged rapes occurred on the same morning as the alleged sexual assault at the KU chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity, 1045 Emery Road, the two are not related. The two men will make their first court appearance this afternoon. They are being held in the Douglas County Jail without bond.
Davis targets KanCare
Vol.156/No.282 22 pages
Democrat Paul Davis vows that if he is elected governor he will reverse part of Gov. Sam Brownback’s privatized Medicaid program. Page 3A
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