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Ky. mayor wins honor from human rights commission
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A small-town mayor in southeastern Kentucky has won special recognition from the state’s Commission on Human Rights.
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Two more Ky. churches to cut ties with Boy Scouts over gay youth policy
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — Two more churches in central Kentucky say they are cutting ties with the Boy Scouts of America over the organization’s decision to allow gay youth.
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Ky. lawmakers override Governor’s veto of religious freedom bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers have voted to override the governor’s veto of a bill intended to better protect legal claims of religious freedom.
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Ky. House may override Governor’s veto of religious freedom bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky state House is prepared to hold a vote Tuesday on overriding Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear’s veto of a bill that sponsors say is intended to protect the religious beliefs of Kentuckians from government intrusion.
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Kentucky governor vetoes religious freedom bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear will have to decide Friday whether to veto a bill that supporters say would give stronger legal standing in Kentucky to people who claim their religious rights are being violated.
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Ky. gay rights activists clash over direction of LGBT equality movement
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gay rights activists are at odds over the direction of the LGBT equality movement in Kentucky, with some saying the state needs anti-discrimination laws before activists can pursue marriage equality, while others say the time is now for same-sex marriage.
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Civil rights groups urge Ky. governor to veto religious freedoms bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. — LGBT advocates and civil rights groups have joined with the American Civil Liberities Union (ACLU) in calling on Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to veto a religious freedom bill approved in the state Senate last week.
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Tiny Ky. town with gay rights ordinance fielding reality TV offers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A southeastern Kentucky town that attracted national attention when it adopted a gay rights ordinance is getting offers for a reality-based television show.
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Kentucky town to enact protections for gay city workers
BEREA, Ky. — LGBT citizens scored another victory in Kentucky, as the small town of Berea prepares to expand anti-discrimination protections for city employees.
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Vicco, Ky., becomes smallest U.S. town to adopt LGBT fairness law
VICCO, Ky. — The Appalachian town of Vicco, Ky., on Monday approved the state’s first LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance in a decade. The “fairness ordinance,” which prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based upon a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity, received support from three of the city’s four-member commission and […]