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Ky. AG who supports marriage equality announces candidacy for governor
Jack Conway, the Democratic Attorney General of Kentucky, announced his candidacy for governor on Tuesday and has a message for anyone criticizing his decision to not defend Kentucky’s same-sex marriage ban. “They do so at their own peril,” he said.
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Police say murdered Philadelphia man met his killer on Grindr
CHESTER, Pa. — Police are investigating the murder of a Philadelphia man they say met his killer using the gay hook-up app Grindr. Dino Dizdarevic, a 25-year-old chemical engineer, was found by a passerby at the bottom of a fire escape in an overgrown lot in Chester, Pa. Police say he has been beaten and strangled to death.
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Univ. of Kentucky says survey was intended to improve health services
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky says a campus-wide student survey that asked students whether homosexuality was a sin was intended to improve the school’s health services.
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Univ. of Kentucky survey asks students if homosexuality is a mental illness
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky has issued a campus-wide student survey that asks students if they’d rather be gay or straight, whether homosexuality was a sin, and if they believed homosexuality was a mental illness.
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Ky. recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages put on hold
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge is giving Kentucky more time to officially recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries.
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Ky. Senate approves bill aimed at AG’s refusal to defend gay marriage ban
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Senate reacted Monday to the attorney general’s refusal to appeal a ruling allowing state recognition of same-sex marriages, passing a bill that would allow top legislative leaders to intervene in such situations.
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Judge considers whether to issue stay in Ky. same-sex marriage ruling
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge is weighing whether to allow his order requiring Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries or put the issue on hold pending an appeal by Gov. Steve Beshear.
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Ky. governor asks for delay in same-sex marriage ruling while he appeals
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on Friday asked a federal judge to delay the effective date of his ruling allowing state recognition of same-sex marriages while he appeals the case.
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Ky. governor hires private law firm to defend same-sex marriage ban
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed a $100,000 contract with a private law firm from Ashland to represent him in appealing a judge’s decision allowing state recognition of same-sex marriages.
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Ky. child care agency says short-lived plan to hire gays resulted in lost funding
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Uncertainty over a short-lived proposal to open employment to gays at Kentucky’s largest private child care agency prompted many of its supportive churches to withhold giving last year, causing a multi-million dollar shortfall.