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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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Kentucky men indicted under Matthew Shepard federal hate crime law

Kerry Harvey and Jordan Palmer announced a federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, indicted two men in the first Matthew Shepard Hate Crime Act application. LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal grand jury in London, Ky. on Thursday indicted two men in the first federal application of the Matthew Shepard – James C. Bryd hate crimes …

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StoryCorps Recording Rural Gays and Lesbians

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Growing up, Hindman resident Shannon Ratliff didn’t know she was a lesbian, but like her friends –a group of girls and boys who loved one another unconditionally — she understood that she was different, she says. Although they went their separate ways, they kept in touch and learned in adulthood that …

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Student reports anti-gay crime

In Jeremy Phillippi’s first few weeks as a residential assistant, he’s held floor meetings, planned events, handled roommate conflicts and dealt with vandalism – just as he learned during training. What he didn’t learn, however, was what to do when he became the center of the conflict. At around 12:30 a.m., Aug. 28, Phillippi reported …

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Activist Jordan Palmer to Gov. Fletcher: Veto funding to University of the Cumberlands

The Kentucky Equality Federation has joined the Kentucky Fairness Alliance in calling on Governor Ernie Fletcher to veto the $11 million dollars currently allocated to the University of the Cumberlands. The college recently expelled a student for revealing his sexual orientation on the social networking web site myspace.com. According to the Kentucky Constitution, sending funds …

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