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Bush-Appointed Federal Judge Strikes Down Kentucky Ban on the Freedom to Marry

New York–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2014.  Today a Republican-appointed federal judge ruled that Kentucky’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from the freedom to marry is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1992, on the recommendation of current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, released the following statement:

“Today a Republican-appointed federal judge in Kentucky held – as…

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