Federal Judge Strikes Down Kentucky Gay Marriage Ban

In this photo taken Aug. 4, 2010, same-sex marriage supporters gather outside a federal building and wait for a judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban in San Francisco. A federal appeals cour... In this photo taken Aug. 4, 2010, same-sex marriage supporters gather outside a federal building and wait for a judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban in San Francisco. A federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) MORE LESS
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A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriage.

“In America, even sincere and long-hold religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted,” U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II wrote in the ruling, according to the Courier-Journal.

Heyburn stayed the ruling until the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on same-sex marriage bans in four states including Kentucky. Oral arguments for that case are scheduled for Aug. 6.

Heyburn ordered Kentucky in February to recognize gay marriages performed in other states.

Read the opinion:

U.S. District Court Ruling: Timothy Love et al v. Steve Beshear

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