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Keeping Gays from Adopting Would Hurt Kentuckynew

Kentucky Senate Bill 68 would prohibit unmarried, cohabiting couples from adopting or fostering children in Kentucky. It passed the Senate judiciary committee last week and will likely pass the full Senate and reach the House soon.
LEO Weekly  |  Stephen George  |  03-11-2009  |  Civil Liberties

Remembering Rev. Louis Colemannew

"I can't think of a time I didn't know Louis Coleman," says Raoul Cunningham, president of the Louisville NAACP. The pair grew up together and while Cunningham says he participated in Louisville's sit-in movement as a teenager in the 1960s, Coleman didn’t join the civil rights movement until later in life.
LEO Weekly  |  Phillip M. Bailey  |  07-14-2008  |  Civil Liberties

Will the Campus Gun Bill Stay Loaded?new

Presently, Kentucky law allows universities to ban firearms on their campuses. From UK to Centre College, university officials have publicly opposed House Bill 114, which would allow a person to keep a firearm — and use it if he feels threatened — in his vehicle while parked on campus property.
LEO Weekly  |  Phillip M. Bailey  |  02-04-2008  |  Civil Liberties

Vacancy May Weaken ACLU-KY This Legislative Sessionnew

Director search is almost over, but organization remains short-staffed.
LEO Weekly  |  Phillip M. Bailey  |  01-07-2008  |  Civil Liberties

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