WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has lost another legal skirmish in its efforts to salvage the state’s battered ban on gay marriage.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court to order Kansas to allow same-sex couples to wed while the group's lawsuit against the state constitution's gay-marriage ban is under review.

WICHITA, Kan. A decision Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court denying appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages is expected to clear the way for the unions in Kansas — but it could take more legal wrangling before that happens in the conservative state.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Civil liberties attorneys told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday that delaying gay marriages in Kansas will harm same-sex couples and their families, while the state would not be significantly affected if it can't keep enforcing its ban.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- An American Civil Liberties Union attorney says a federal judge in Kansas has canceled a hearing scheduled Friday in the group's lawsuit challenging the state's ban on gay marriage.

TOPEKA, Kansas - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Wednesday that his vigorous defense of the state's gay marriage ban is designed to get a final decision from the U.S. Supreme Court.

(AP) Newman University, a private Catholic school in Wichita, plans to offer a group next year to support its LGBTQ students while continuing to emphasize Catholic teaching that condones sex only in marriage between a man and a woman.

In November 2007, a young presidential candidate named Barack Obama released an op-ed to LGBT media in which he made this promise:

I’ll be in Orlando, Florida this week preventing a divorce at the Magic Kingdom. That’s right, I’ll be keeping a relationship together at the triennial Pride At Work ([email protected]) conference.

WICHITA — Court documents are offering a glimpse at the early impact of the gay marriage ruling in Kansas.

LOUISBURG, Kan. (AP) _ The husband of a state senator is working to oust a northeast Kansas trial judge who ordered the court clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

(WM) A former Wichita band teacher has been elected to serve as the first transgender lawmaker in Kansas.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Same-sex couples who marry in other states won't find many places in Kansas to divorce if the relationship fails.

This week read about Izzy Dieker's complaint of discrimination against her school in Kansas, and the FBI joining the investigation of the murder of Katherine Janness in Georgia.

This week read about Ariana DeBose winning a SAG award, Essence Magazine featuring a lesbian couple on the cover, and "Grey's Anatomy" introducing a non-binary character.

A Kansas teacher won a lawsuit after being suspended for not respecting a student's pronouns, and schools are encouraged to discriminate against trans students in Louisiana.

A church in Kansas was vandalized for a second time for being LGBT inclusive, and Windward Life Care in California received a certificate for completing an LGBT training program.

This week read about a same-sex couple winning a court case in Namibia, and a gay dating app providing a safe space for LGBT Ukrainians.

Travis Shumake became the first gay drag race driver in the National Hot Rod Association, and Virginia's governor wants teachers to notify parents if their child is LGBT.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gay couples across Kansas headed Thursday to county offices where judges granted marriage licenses and waived waiting periods after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for same-sex unions over the objections of the state's attorney general.

TOPEKA, Kansas — Two married gay couples suing for the right to file joint Kansas income tax returns have filed a brief weighing in on another gay marriage case.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples wed Monday evening on the steps of a historic courthouse in Wichita, even as officials elsewhere in Kansas refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex partners because the state Supreme Court has not yet signed off.

The Federal and State Affairs Committee’s hearing on the measure Tuesday comes amid an uncertain legal climate for states such as Kansas that bar gay marriage. Federal judges in Oklahoma and Utah recently struck down those states’ bans.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gay rights supporters are planning a weekend rally at the Kansas Statehouse to protest the end of anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian and transgendered workers in much of state government.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gay-rights supporters are rallying at the Kansas Statehouse to protest anti-gay marriage legislation that critics contend would encourage discrimination.

TOPEKA (AP) — Having won a key legislative fight with social conservatives in Kansas, gay rights advocates aren't content with simply blocking a measure they said would have encouraged businesses and government workers to refuse to serve gays and lesbians in the name of religious freedom.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The leading gay-rights group in Kansas is asking legislators to repeal a state law and a provision in the state constitution that both ban same-sex marriage.

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said last Friday he thinks a gay florist should be able to refuse services to an evangelical couple if the florist disagrees with the couple’s faith.

TOPEKA (AP) — Gay rights advocates are criticizing Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback for speaking at a Utah conference sponsored by an organization that has been described as a hate group for its stance on same-sex marriage.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Hundreds of people chanted and held signs Saturday at the Kansas Statehouse in a Valentine's Day protest against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to end legal protections against discrimination for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered workers in state government.