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Ky. Baptist child care agency votes against proposal to allow hiring gays
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The board for a Baptist-affiliated agency that serves abused children in Kentucky has voted against a proposal to hire gay employees.
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United Way chapter cuts funding to Ky. Boy Scouts over gay scout leader ban
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Boy Scouts of America’s continued ban on gay Scout leaders has caused ripple effects in central Kentucky, where a United Way chapter has cut off nearly $100,000 in annual funding to a regional scouting council in response to the national scouting policy.
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Ky. AG asks federal judge to dismiss challenge to same-sex marriage ban
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s Attorney General is defending the state’s same-sex marriage ban, saying it should stand even though his office acknowledges overturning it would grant gay couples the same legal protections as straight couples.
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Ky. judge: Woman must testify against same-sex partner in murder case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A judge in Kentucky has ruled that the same-sex partner of a woman charged with murder must testify against her and isn’t protected by the husband-wife privilege under state law.
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Tiny Ky. town sees windfall after banning anti-LGBT discrimination
VICCO, Ky. — Eight months after this tiny Appalachian town took a stand against gay-based discrimination, it’s basking in a flurry of attention and even an infusion of much-needed cash. All that hoopla has its openly gay mayor dreaming of reviving a place that had long seemed past its prime.
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Kentucky’s capital city passes law barring anti-LGBT discrimination
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Frankfort’s city commission has passed an ordinance prohibiting housing, employment and public accommodation discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Judge seeks input on whether woman should be forced to testify against partner
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge is seeking input from the state attorney general’s office before deciding whether a law exempting spouses from testifying against each other applies to two women in a civil union from Vermont.
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Ky. couple challenges state’s ban on same-sex marriage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville couple on Friday challenged Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriages, saying the state isn’t putting them and other same-sex couples on equal footing with other married couples.
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Four sentenced to prison in kidnapping, attack on gay man in Ky.
LONDON, Ky. — Four people from eastern Kentucky have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the kidnapping and attack of a gay man.
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Lesbian may be forced to testify against spouse in Ky. murder case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge is weighing whether a same-sex couple qualifies for the privilege of not testifying against a spouse in a slaying case in Louisville.