Although same-sex couples can legally marry in Kansas after a string of court decisions, state agencies are not offering them the same treatment as newly married heterosexual couples.


State offices will not change their policies while the state appeals the federal ruling that overturned Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage, the governor’s office said Wednesday.


For example, gay and lesbian Kansans can’t change their last names to that of their spouse on their driver’s licenses.


People who go into Division of Vehicles offices and request the change are being turned away, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Revenue confirmed Wednesday.

http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article4020337.html

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Although same-sex couples can legally marry in Kansas after a string of court decisions, state agencies are not offering them the same treatment as newly married heterosexual couples.


State offices will not change their policies while the state appeals the federal ruling that overturned Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage, the governor’s office said Wednesday.


For example, gay and lesbian Kansans can’t change their last names to that of their spouse on their driver’s licenses.


People who go into Division of Vehicles offices and request the change are being turned away, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Revenue confirmed Wednesday.

That's pretty fucked up.

Quote from: Flee on November 20, 2014, 04:27:26 PM

This current trend of more and more courts ruling on marriage equality is great and all, but stuff like this shows that the US still has a long way to go.

Yep. There's going to be a handful of states who will need to be dragged kicking and screaming.