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Same-sex marriage in Kentucky is legal under the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in ''Obergefell v. Hodges''. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages, was handed down on June 26, 2015, and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented. On February 12, 2014, Judge John G. Heyburn II of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ruled that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages established in other jurisdictions. On July 1, the same judge ruled that Kentucky's denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples violates the U.S. Constitution, but stayed the implementation of both his decisions pending appeal. The Sixth Circuit reversed both those decisions on November 6. The same-sex couples have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review that decision.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/246887775/Kentucky-Plaintiffs-Cert-Petition )〕 On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court consolidated these cases with three others and agreed to review the case. As of October 8, 2015, officials of two Kentucky counties refuse to issue licenses to same-sex couples: Casey and Whitley. The clerks from both counties have demonstrated at the state capitol to demand a religious exemption from issuing licenses to same-sex couples. A third county, Knott, refuses to say whether they will issue licenses. ==Background== On November 9, 1973, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in ''Jones v. Hallahan'' that two women were properly denied a marriage license based on dictionary definitions of marriage, despite the fact that state statutes did not restrict marriage to a female-male couple. Its decision said that "in substance, the relationship proposed ... is not a marriage."〔 Kentucky Court of Appeals: (Jones v. Callahan, November 9, 1973 )〕〔Barbara J. Cox, "Same-Sex Marriage and Choice-of-Law: If We Marry in Hawaii, Are We Still Married When We Return Home?", in ''Wisconsin Law Review'', 1994, 179ff., (available online ), accessed March 9, 2014〕 Since July 15, 1998, Kentucky's statutes have defined marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman, prohibited same-sex marriage and declared it contrary to public policy, and denied recognition to same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kyequality.org/marriageequalitykentucky/current-kentucky-laws/ )〕 In November 2004, Kentucky voters gave Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 75 percent of their votes. It reads:〔CNN: (2004 Ballot Measures ), accessed April 13, 2011〕 Kentucky's only recognition of same-sex relationships was its extension of hospital visitation rights to same-sex couples through a designated visitor statute. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Same-sex marriage in Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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