The Sunflower State wants it gay citizens to know that even though this law isn't enforced, they really don't like gay citizens in their state:
“I read that message quite clearly: you really don't matter so if you move to another state we really won't care,” she said.Those responsible for leaving that law on the books are simply stating Kansas is a place that does not want LGBT Kansan's, or LGBT visitors to their state, to feel welcome.
The House Judiciary Committee was considering a bill to clean up Kansas' criminal code when a pair of lawmakers, Jan Pauls from Hutchinson and Lance Kinzer from Olathe, removed an amendment from the bill that would have repealed the law banning homosexual acts.
Laws banning homosexual acts have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. But Lanzer says it doesn't need to be repealed because it isn't being enforced, saying “It’s a tempest in a teapot. I don't think it would make any difference. The statute is unenforceable."
“I think their motivation is pretty clear,” said Thomas Witt, chair of Kansas Equality Commission. “They don't like gay people and they're going to make sure in the eyes of the law we're still considered criminals.”
