But the governor of this conservative state is also asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Kentucky's ban on same-sex marriage, highlighting the peculiar politics facing some southern Democrats fighting to maintain power in a region awash with Republican votes.
Kentucky's law protects a person's right to act or refuse to act as long as it is motivated by a sincerely held religious belief. Beshear vetoed the law but the legislature overrode him.
Last week, Beshear told the U.S. Supreme Court through his attorneys that Kentucky's same-sex marriage ban does not discriminate because it prevents straight and gay people from marrying someone of the same sex.
Attorney Dan Canon, who represents six gay couples challenging Kentucky's gay marriage ban, told The Courier-Journal that the argument in the brief filed last week is "especially absurd."
Beshear spokeswoman Kerri Richardson said the Governor would have no comment. He has said previously that he favors a decision by the Supreme Court.
Justices will hear arguments on April 28 on state marriage bans from Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee.
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