Jordan Palmer and Kentucky Equality Federation In the News
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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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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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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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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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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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’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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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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Madisonville-North Hopkins High School petition seeks to allow transgender children the right to use the bathroom they choose. A Madisonville-North Hopkins High School student has created a petition asking the school district to accommodate transgender students with regard to the use of school restrooms. The petition, which currently has more than 50 signatures, demands that
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Activist Jordan Palmer and group files lawsuit challenging Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriage (gay marriage) POLITICS & GOVERNMENT BY JACK BRAMMER – JBRAMMER@HERALD-LEADER.COM UPDATED OCTOBER 01, 2013 3:46 PM FRANKFORT — Jordan Palmer and Kentucky Equality Federation has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s 2004 constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. The lawsuit, filed
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