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For the last two days, students at Morehead State University have been engaged in one of the epic battles of American democracy. It began on Tuesday, when followers of a Christian organization named Soul Winners Ministries International arrived on campus. The group, which has about six members, found MSU’s free speech area and began to […]

Police arrested three people yesterday when a gay-rights group tried to talk to students at the University of the Cumberlands, which found itself embroiled in controversy last year after expelling a gay student. About 25 people taking part in the Soulforce Equality Ride had stopped at the school. Soulforce is visiting 32 colleges and universities

Yesterday was a historic day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky as gay rights organizations and their allies brought the fight directly to their seat of government at the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort. Hosted by Kentucky Fairness Alliance and Louisville’s Fairness Campaign, with support from Kentucky Equality Federation and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, more than 250

Universities and other public agencies should not be allowed to offer health benefits to unmarried domestic partners of employees, a Senate committee said yesterday in approving a bill its sponsor said was not gay bashing. Senator Vernie McGaha, R-Russell Springs, said his Senate Bill 152 is needed to “clear up confusion” in state public agencies’

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS – Statehouse Republican Joe Fischer is taking criticism for comments he made about gay rights and sexual orientation. Fischer, a lawyer from Fort Thomas, said in an interview last week with The Community Recorder newspaper that it is “OK to fire someone if they’re gay.” “I favor the current laws as they stand

Lexington, KY — Representative Stan Lee (R-Fayette) couldn’t wait for the legislature to reconvene in January before filing his first anti-gay bill. Representative Lee’s first attack against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community for the upcoming 2007 Legislative Session is to “prohibit public higher education institutions from providing health benefits for a domestic partner of

Cincinnati Post — Professional wrestler Chris Kanyon talked about coming out as part of National Coming Out Day to students at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Ky. The event was sponsored by Kentucky Equality Federation after an anti-gay attack at the University.

After speaking to Northern Kentucky University administrators and receiving a written response from President James Votruba, Kentucky Equality Federation President Jordan Palmer said he is now satisfied with the university’s response to an alleged incident involving a gay student. “Until (the university) had all the information we were reluctant to make a statement,” said Vice