Bluegrass Politics

Kentucky’s religious freedom bill divided politicians, public, ministers

FRANKFORT — The Rev. Patrick Delahanty of Louisville says he thinks the new state law dubbed the Religious Freedom Act is needed. “I want the state to meet the highest bar in its ability to interfere with one’s religion,” said Delahanty, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, which backed the bill. But the […]

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Teacher Writes ‘You Can’t Be A Democrat & Go To Heaven’ On Chalkboard

BY BILL ESTEP – BESTEP@HERALD-LEADER.COM UPDATED NOVEMBER 27, 2012 9:06 AM LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (CBS) – A complaint has been filed against a teacher accused of writing anti-Democrat rhetoric on her classroom chalkboard. “You can’t be a Democrat & go to heaven,” the board of South Laurel High School teacher Kendra Baker read earlier this

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Gay couples march for marriage equality across Kentucky

BY BRANDON ORTIZ – BORTIZ@HERALD-LEADER.COM UPDATED FEBRUARY 13, 2009 6:36 AM Same-sex couples march for marriage equality across Kentucky today, including Sandra Maggard and Tina Parker, who have been together for five years. On Thursday, they walked arm-in-arm down the hallway of the Fayette County Clerk’s Office. The couple asked the county to recognize their

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BOONE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY APPROVES GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE AFTER MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OF DELAYS

Students at Boone County High School in Northern Kentucky celebrated victory after members of the Boone County High School Site-Based Council unanimously approved the formation of an in-school Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) last night. The Boone County High School was under direct threat of being sued by the Kentucky Equality Association for delaying the formation of

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