KY JUDGE UPHOLDS MARRIAGE AMENDMENT: From the Associated Press

A Franklin Circuit judge upheld the state's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages on Thursday.

As required by the state constitution, the amendment both dealt with a single subject and properly informed voters what it meant, Franklin County Circuit Judge Roger Crittenden wrote in a 15-page opinion dismissing the case.

"The need, wisdom and economic and social desirability of the amendment are not before this court," Crittenden wrote. "It would be overstepping judicial bounds to pass judgment on the value and worthiness of the legislative purpose."

Kentuckians voted nearly 3-to-1 in favor of the amendment last fall. There were 1,222,125 votes in favor, to 417,097 against the amendment. Kentucky was one of 11 states last fall that changed their constitutions to outlaw same-sex marriages.

The amendment defined marriage in Kentucky as being something limited to one man and one woman. It also prohibited unmarried people from ever obtaining "legal status identical to or similar to marriage."

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