Judge praises ‘tolerant, understanding, accepting’ Kansans in anti-trans law case. Say what now?

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 978

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Shortly after uniformed Statehouse police officers dragged protesters away from the entrance to the Kansas Senate, a Douglas County judge declared the “vast majority” of state residents were kind and tolerant people, implying that bigoted discrimination was a vanishingly rare occurrence.

The officers and the judge were both grappling with the same subject. The fact that they reacted so differently proves that all of Kansas has a long, long way to go toward full …

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