The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today just slapped down the State of Kansas in a pivotal marriage case.

Early last month a federal judge struck down a same-sex marriage ban in Kansas, and GOP Governor Sam Brownback (photo) and his administration have been fighting the ruling ever since.

After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review any same-sex marriage cases on October 6, that should have made clear to all states in the nation that their bans on same-sex marriage would soon be coming down - and they might as well just stop wasting taxpayer dollars defending them - but Gov. Brownback, a staunch religious theocrat has refused.

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