Kentucky

ThinkProgress:

[Judge] Heyburn took particular exception to a “disingenuous twist” added to the state’s argument this time, referring to Gov. Steve Beshear’s (D) claim that it’s too expensive to allow same-sex couples to marry. “These arguments,” he wrote, “are not those of serious people,” calling them “at best illogical and even bewildering.” He could think of “no other conceivable legitimate reason” for Kentucky’s laws banning same-sex marriage. 

In his conclusion, Heyburn spoke directly to those who objected to his previous decision this year. “In America,” he implored,” even sincere and long-held religious views do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted.” “Assuring equal protection for same-sex couples does not diminish the freedom of others to any degree… hopefully, even those opposed to or uncertain about same-sex marriage will see it that way in the future.”

The decision has been stayed.

And in Kentucky....

From the HuffPO:

A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, striking down part of the state ban. 

In 23-page a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II concluded that Kentucky's laws treat gay and lesbians differently in a "way that demeans them." The constitutional ban on same-sex marriage was approved by voters in 2004. The out-of-state clause was part of it. 

This doesn't address marriages IN Kentucky, but says they can't discriminate against people like me who are legally married in another state.

Fundy wingnut head explosions in three....  two....

update:  more from the New Civil Rights Movement:

[Judge] Heyburn said that while ‘religious beliefs … are vital to the fabric of society … assigning a religious or traditional rationale for a law does not make it constitutional when that law discriminates against a class of people without other reasons,’” the Courier-Journal reports.