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Kentucky clerk sued for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Four Kentucky couples are suing a clerk who is refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses — or any marriage licenses — following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a legal right to marry.
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Marriage equality fight turns to clerks, probate judges who refuse licenses to same-sex couples
Legal experts are dubious that religious freedom arguments will protect public officials who not only refuse to participate due to their own beliefs, but also decline to make accommodations so that others who don’t object can serve the public instead.
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Some Kentucky clerks object to same-sex marriage ruling, halt issuing licenses
A few court clerks in Kentucky are refusing to issue marriage licenses to any couple as an objection to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage.
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Marriage licenses issued in Kentucky to same-sex couples
Timothy Love was at the head of the line Friday with his same-sex partner of 35 years to obtain the marriage license he fought for in the courts.
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Midway becomes 8th Kentucky city to adopt LGBT Fairness ordinance
Midway has become the eighth Kentucky city to adopt an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Federal judge who struck down Kentucky same-sex marriage ban dies
U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II died Wednesday. He was 66.
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Kentucky judge rules in favor of printer that refused to print t‑shirts for pride event
The ruling by Fayette County Circuit Judge James Ishmael overturned a decision by the city’s Human Rights Commission that ruled in 2014 that the print shop, Hands On Originals, violated a city law that bans discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation.
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Adoption struggle leads couple into same-sex marriage fight
On paper, Paul Campion’s home seemed perfect for a foster child – and one of the students he worked with as a school counselor was begging to be taken in. His partner was the PTA president, and they had three adopted children already. But they were a gay couple in Kentucky.
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After four decades in secret, Kentucky couple fights for the next generation
Luke Barlowe and Jimmy Meade never held hands in public. For more than 40 years, they lived together quietly, afraid to out themselves as a couple.
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A long road from high school crush to the fight for marriage equality
Every time Kim Franklin saw Tammy Boyd in their small town of Simpsonville, Kentucky, a Rod Stewart ballad streamed through her head: “Some guys have all the luck.”