Kentucky Equality Federation - In the News

MOREHEAD, KY (BY MICHEAL INZAGHI) - Kim Davis can either let her deputy clerks issue the licenses or gay couples can travel to other offices, he says. “She’s being held in contempt becaus...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/09/kim-davis-wont-resign-plans-to-appeal.html

LOUISVILLE — A Rowan County, Ky., clerk has continued to defy a Supreme Court ruling that she issue marriage licenses to gay couples. On Tuesday, Kim Davis said she was acting under "God's au...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/09/why-hasnt-ky-clerk-been-fired-in-gay.html

MOREHEAD, KY (BY: ALEX CROWN) - Rowan County clerk Kim Davis has been summoned to the hearing at 11 a.m. Thursday before U.S. District Judge David Bunning. “Just because five Supreme Court ju...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/09/gay-couple-gets-marriage-license-in.html

By Aryan Marshall Given the culture war brouhaha surrounding Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, it’s no wonder there are peo...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/09/kim-davis-supporters-will-have-hard.html

Courier-Journal Logo The Kentucky Equality Federation, an agency that supports what it calls "marriage equality," issued a plea Saturday for Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to call a special se...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/08/session-asked-to-impeach-rowan-clerk.html

WYMT-TV Logo MOREHEAD, KY. (WKYT-TV AND WYMT-TV) - Another fairness rally was held outside of the Rowan County Courthouse Saturday as the clerk there continues to not issue marriage license...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/08/folks-rally-outside-rowan-county.html

Eighteen other states have laws similar to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana. That includes Kentucky, which passed its bill in 2013. Lawmakers had to override a veto from Governor ...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/04/kentucky-religious-freedom-bill-two.html

MESSENGER, THE (MADISONVILLE, KY) - The Senate Education Committee has revisited a bill that would require transgender students to use bathrooms matching their biological sex. "We didn't know t...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/02/senate-committee-passes-amended.html

A Madisonville-North Hopkins High School student has created a petition asking the school district to accommodate transgender students with regard to the use of school restrooms. The petition,...

https://news.kyequality.org/2015/01/transgender-school-bathroom-use.html

Scottie Wayne Saltsman, 44, of Richmond, who had been honored as Ambassador of Goodwill by the Kentucky Equality Federation last week, died Sunday of cancer. Mr. Saltsman was a former Kentuck...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/06/richmond-gay-rights-activist-scottie.html

FRANKFORT — The Rev. Patrick Delahanty of Louisville says he thinks the new state law dubbed the Religious Freedom Act is needed. "I want the state to meet the highest bar in its ability to...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/03/kentuckys-religious-freedom-bill.html

FRANKFORT, KY. — Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed a controversial religious-freedom bill Friday afternoon, saying the measure was well-intended but would spark costly taxpayer-funded court cases and...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/03/kentucky-gov-beshear-vetoes-religious.html

Lawmakers may not be in session this weekend but that doesn't mean the capitol is quiet. The Kentucky Equality Federation held a rally Saturday afternoon at the steps of the capitol building....

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/02/equality-rally-held-in-frankfort.html

Some Kentuckians rallied for women's rights today on the state capitol steps. They were protesting bills that would require women to have an ultrasound and meet with a physician before gettin...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/02/kentuckians-protest.html

An incident at the Auburn School in November has resulted in the Logan County School Board getting a “cease and desist ” letter from the Kentucky Equality Federation. The letter, which is...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/02/logan-schools-asked-to-stop-gideons.html

It was at Auburn Elementary where one parent claims a small red Gideon's bible sparked controversy. "In November, my son came home with a red Gideon Bible that he says was brought into his cl...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/02/an-organization-is-urging-logan-county.html

Written by AP reports and Advocate.com A tiny city in southeastern Kentucky has enacted an LGBT rights ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. T...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/01/tiny-appalachian-city-enacts-gay-rights.html

By Amber Ruch, KFVS12 By Lez Get Real KFVS - CBS AFFILIATE MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Kentucky Equality Federation officials recently contacted Paducah Middle School about bullying com...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/01/paducah-middle-school-receives-high.html

LAUREL COUNTY, KY. (CBS) – A complaint has been filed against a teacher accused of writing anti-Democrat rhetoric on her classroom chalkboard. “You can't be a Democrat & go to heaven,” t...

https://news.kyequality.org/2012/11/teacher-writes-you-cant-be-democrat-go.html

The Kentucky Equality Federation has stopped Bibles being given to middle school students in Grant County after the group was contacted by several parents who objected to it. Melissa Altman, one ...

https://news.kyequality.org/2012/11/kentucky-equality-federation-stops.html

Brandon Milam, an openly gay former inmate of the Warren County Regional Jail, is expected to file a lawsuit today in Warren Circuit Court against the jail, Warren County, Jailer Jackie Strode ...

https://news.kyequality.org/2012/10/the-kentucky-equality-federation.html

An incarcerated gay man sued a southern Kentucky jail and a fellow inmate Tuesday, claiming the prisoner bit off part of his nose after days of harassment. Brandon Milam said he was disfigure...

https://news.kyequality.org/2012/10/gay-man-sues-kentucky-jail-says-part-of.html

THE DAILY NEWS BOWLING GREEN - Brandon Milam, an openly gay former inmate of the Warren County Regional Jail, says hatred was the motivation for an assault he suffered at the jail in July. M...

https://news.kyequality.org/2012/09/ex-inmate-homophobia-fueled-assault.html

Being named a member of the Honorable Kentucky Order of Colonels is akin to receiving a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. It is an honorary title bestowed upon those who do great service for ...

https://news.kyequality.org/2013/06/equality-leader-jordan-palmer-named-to.html

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Louisville teen can barely talk, eat or breathe after an attack near Churchill Downs. Her family believes it was a hate crime. However, Louisville Metro Police Departm...

https://news.kyequality.org/2012/07/teen-attacked-police-not-in-position-to.html