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Faith guides Kentucky minister to protest for same-sex marriage rights
Maurice Blanchard says anti-gay sentiment was rampant where he grew up in South Carolina. Now he’s one of a group of plaintiffs in cases seeking to legalize same-sex marriage throughout the country.
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Lack of legal rights makes raising teens more stressful for same-sex couple
Like many dads, when his spouse is traveling out of town, Greg Bourke takes on the role of single parent, shuttling their two teenagers to basketball practice and other activities while working a full-time job. But Bourke has an extra worry when his husband, Michael DeLeon, is away.
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Another judge rejects Kentucky same-sex marriage ban
A Kentucky judge on Thursday has ruled in favor of two same-sex couples who were denied marriage licenses but put the ruling on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court considers a similar challenge to gay marriage bans.
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Together 35 years, waiting for the right to marry
Timothy Love’s heart problem made him acutely aware of the barriers still standing against his three-decade relationship with Larry Ysunza.
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Kentucky’s Rand Paul, who says same-sex marriage is the result of a moral crisis, is running for president
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has entered the campaign for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination with a declaration that he’s running for the White House to “return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.”
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Ky. Senate OKs bill requiring separate restrooms for transgender students
Kentucky’s state Senate voted Friday to force transgender students to use separate bathrooms in public schools, a move that recalled the dark days of segregation for some but for others represented a stand for privacy rights.
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Kentucky Senate panel takes another vote; advances transgender bathroom bill
Transgender students would have to use separate restrooms in Kentucky’s public schools under a bill that cleared the Senate Education Committee on Monday.
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Bill targeting transgender students’ use of restrooms fails Kentucky Senate panel
A bill that would have banned transgender students from choosing which restroom to use at public schools has failed to pass a Kentucky state Senate committee.
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Ky. bill targets transgender students by restricting facilities to biological sex
The “Kentucky Student Privacy Act,” proposed by State Sen. C.B. Embry Jr., would allow parents to sue the school for $2,500 if their child encountered a transgender student in a school restroom.
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage cases in April
Setting the stage for a potentially historic ruling, the Supreme Court says it will decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have a right to marry under the Constitution. The justices said Friday they will review an appellate ruling that upheld bans on same-sex unions in four states.