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Briefly Noted: Shawnee Mission area reps respond to bill that would stop recognition of same-sex marriages

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First openly gay reps in legislature respond to bill that would stop recognition of same-sex marriages. Two Shawnee Mission area legislators on Wednesday responded to the news that a Sabetha, Kan., lawmaker was leading sponsorship of a bill that calls same-sex marriages “parodies” and would have Kansas stop recognizing them. Rep. Susan Ruiz and Rep. Brandon Woodard, Shawnee Mission area officials who are the first two openly gay members of the state legislature, expressed disappointment with the bill, which had eight sponsors. In contrast, a bill co-sponsored by Woodard and Ruiz that would provide legal protections for LGBTQ+ Kansans in housing and employment issues had nearly 40 sponsors. [Kansas lawmakers sponsor bill calling same-sex marriages ‘parody’ — Wichita Eagle]

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, where he earned the Calder Pickett Award. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

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