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Antigay Manchester Kentucky councilwoman evicts, assaults and insults gay couple

Antigay Manchester Kentucky councilwoman evicts, assaults and insults gay couple The landlord called the men a homophobic slur, then slapped one of them and told them she “owned the Manchester police” evicts Manchester, Kentucky gay couple By Dawn Ennis Monday, August 8, 2016 If ever you find yourself in Manchester, Kentucky, best you don’t mess […]

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Clay Co. couple says they were unlawfully evicted because of sexual orientation

By WKYT News Staff Published: Aug. 5, 2016 at 10:40 AM EDT A Clay County couple claims they were told to leave their apartment because of their sexual orientation. Joshua Melton and his husband James Feltner lived in a townhome in Manchester for about nine months. They say they never had a problem until mid-June

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Kim Davis Won’t Resign, Plans to Appeal Contempt Ruling

Morehead, KY (By Micheal Inzaghi) – Kim Davis can either let her deputy clerks issue the licenses or gay couples can travel to other offices, he says. “She’s being held in contempt because she’s refusing to follow a district court decision in a suit to which she is a party, holding that same-sex couples have

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Why hasn’t Rowan County Kentucky clerk been fired in gay marriage license case?

LOUISVILLE — A Rowan County, Ky., clerk has continued to defy a Supreme Court ruling that she issue marriage licenses to gay couples. On Tuesday, Kim Davis said she was acting under “God’s authority” when she refused to issue the licenses. Lawyers for the couples have asked a federal judge to hold her in contempt

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Gay Couple Gets Marriage License In Kentucky After Clerk Goes To Jail

Morehead, Ky (By: Alex Crown) – Rowan County clerk Kim Davis has been summoned to the hearing at 11 a.m. Thursday before U.S. District Judge David Bunning. “Just because five Supreme Court judges make a ruling, it’s not a law”, she said. “Last night Kim Davis was incarcerated in a jail cell while the rest

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Kim Davis Supporters Will Have a Hard Time Raising Money Online

By Aryan Marshall Given the culture war brouhaha surrounding Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, it’s no wonder there are people itching to write her checks. For some, the Apostolic Christian is something of a martyr, sacrificing her personal freedoms to take a stand against

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Session asked to impeach Rowan clerk

Courier-Journal Logo The Kentucky Equality Federation, an agency that supports what it calls “marriage equality,” issued a plea Saturday for Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to call a special session of the General Assembly to pursue impeachment of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Minister Jordan Palmer, secretary-general of the federation, issued a release contending that actions

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Folks rally outside Rowan County Courthouse

WYMT-TV Logo MOREHEAD, Ky. (WKYT-TV and WYMT-TV) – Another fairness rally was held outside of the Rowan County Courthouse Saturday as the clerk there continues to not issue marriage licenses. Several couples who have been denied marriage licenses were at the rally. WKYT-TV Logo Kim Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses after the United States

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Kentucky Religious Freedom Bill: Two Years Later

Kentucky’s Religious Freedom Law. Has it had any impact in two years? We spoke to activist Jordan Palmer at the Kentucky Equality Federation. by: Staff Posted: Mar 30, 2015 / 05:46 PM CDT Updated: Mar 30, 2015 / 06:03 PM CDT Eighteen other states have laws similar to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana.

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Senate committee passes amended transgender bill

A Senate committee passes amended transgender bill. The Messenger (Madisonville, KY) – The Senate Education Committee has revisited a bill that would require transgender students to use bathrooms matching their biological sex. “We didn’t know that it was going to happen until about 30 seconds before it did,” he continued. “When the bill’s 
sponsor, Sen.

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