Wisconsin Gazette

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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Tiny Appalachian city enacts gay rights ordinance

Written by AP reports and Advocate.com A tiny city in southeastern Kentucky has enacted an LGBT rights ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The city commission of Vicco in southern Perry County passed the new law on Jan. 14. The population, according to the last census, is 334 people. Three

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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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