All posts tagged "kentucky"
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WATCH: Indiana congressional candidate touts support for marriage equality in ad
A Democrat running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Indiana has released a campaign advertisment touting his role fighting on behalf of same-sex couples...
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Anti-gay Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis will seek re-election in 2018
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who became a conservative cause célèbre after she went to jail rather than adhere to a judge’s...
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Attorney who represented Kentucky gay marriage plaintiffs to run for Congress
One of the lawyers who argued against Kentucky’s ban on gay marriage has announced he will run for Congress in 2018. Dan Canon, a 39-year-old...
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Gay pride T-shirt case appealed to Kentucky Supreme Court
The Lexington Fayette Urban Human Rights Commission has decided to appeal a Kentucky appellate court’s finding that a T-shirt printing business that refused to print shirts...
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Advocates file complaint against Kentucky judge refusing adoptions to LGBTQ parents
A coalition of LGBTQ advocates has filed a complaint accusing Kentucky Judge W. Mitchell Nance of violating Kentucky’s Code of Judicial Conduct by recusing himself from...
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Kentucky judge refuses to hear adoption cases involving LGBTQ parents
A family court judge in Kentucky has announced he will no longer hear adoption cases involving “homosexual parties” because he believes “as a matter of conscience”...
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Kentucky governor signs religious freedom of expression bill
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has signed a bill into law that allows student organizations at public schools and colleges to potentially bar LGBTQ people...
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Kim Davis will not have to pay legal fees in marriage license dispute
A federal judge has ruled that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who made national headlines when she went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to...
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These 7 States are a Threat to LGBT Rights this Year
As the national press fixates on every action, statement, and tweet from the nation’s incoming 45th president, much of their coverage is unsurprisingly Washington-centric. Donald...
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Kentucky Democrat pushes 2 bathroom bills and “religious freedom” bill
Apparently Southern lawmakers have learned nothing from North Carolina’s failed experiment with anti-LGBT legislation. In yet another state, a lawmaker has introduced a bill that...
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ACC announces new sites for games moved from North Carolina over HB 2
The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced new venues for eight championships for 2016 and 2017 that were slated to be held in North Carolina, but...
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Kentucky judge calls gay marriage an “oxymoron,” like “jumbo shrimp”
Judge Tim Philpot unleashes a barrage of comments demonstrating his opposition to same-sex marriage
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Gov. Matt Bevin is “pleased” Obama’s “absurd” trans guidance has been halted
Bevin's administration cheered the news, saying it "reaffirms the right of local control"
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Kim Davis drops appeal over marriage licenses, retreats back into obscurity
Appeal made unnecessary by passage of new law removing all clerks' names from marriage licenses
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Kentucky Democrats select openly gay mayor to challenge Rand Paul
Kentucky Democrats have selected Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, an openly gay man, to challenge Republican Sen. Rand Paul for his Senate seat. Gray, who came out...
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