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Over 50 Kentucky Groups Call on Governor Beshear to Veto House Bill 279 Print E-mail
Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 12:53 pm

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Letters Delivered to Gov. Beshear's Office

 

Dozens of Kentucky groups--religious congregations, labor unions, grassroots advocacy organizations, civil rights agencies, and more-- called on Governor Steve Beshear to veto House Bill 279 in a press conference Wednesday, March 13, in the Capitol Rotunda. Supporters of an HB 279 veto from all across the state are sending hand-written letters to Governor Beshear this week--some delivered them by hand following the press conference.

 

View Our Veto HB279 Letter to Gov. Beshear

Click Here for an Album of Pictures from the press conference

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Religious Freedom Bill Passes Kentucky Senate Without Civil Rights Amendment Print E-mail
Thursday, March 7, 2013, 9:48 pm

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Senate's Failure to include civil rights amendment leaves Many Vulnerable

The Senate passed House Bill 279, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, without an amendment for civil rights protections, despite warnings of the potential consequences.

The measure passed late March 7th 29-6.  Dissenting votes came from Democratic Senators Clark, Harper Angel, McGarvey, Neal, Rhoads and Stein.   

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Religious Freedom Bill Moves to Senate Floor Print E-mail
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 1:39 pm

 

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Senate Judiciary Committee’s Failure to include civil rights amendment leaves Many Vulnerable

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 279, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, to the Senate floor without an amendment for civil rights protections, despite warnings of the consequences. 

American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky staff attorney William Sharp testified before the committee.  “HB 279, as drafted, creates an impermissible risk that existing civil rights protections would be subject to a patchwork of exemptions in a wide array of housing and public accommodation contexts that would, in effect, undermine those protections if not render them practically unenforceable,” shared Sharp. 

  Click here or here for details on a specific action YOU can take to help get an important amendement into HB279.


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Updated Privacy Policy Print E-mail
Monday, March 4, 2013, 2:59 pm

 

We have revised the ACLU of Kentucky Privacy Statement because we want to clarify and provide more information about our collection, use and protection of information collected on this website.  Check out our updated Privacy Policy here .

 

 
Take Action to Amend Kentucky Religious Freedom Bill Print E-mail
Monday, March 4, 2013, 2:11 pm

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The Religious Freedom Bill (HB279) that passed Kentucky's House March 1, 2013 is written very broadly.  It does not include language that protects Kentucky's EXISTING civil rights protections. Without an amendment from the Kentucky Senate saying the bill does not authorize, nor serve as a defense to, religiously motivated actions that undermine civil rights protections, a religious individual could claim an exemption from any Kentucky law or policy that prohibits discrimination-leaving racial minorities, women, LGBT people, and many others vulnerable. We are specifically concerned that this bill puts LGBT Fairness laws in Louisville, Lexington, Covington and Vicco in jeopardy.  Take action NOW....call your Senator at 1-800-372-7181 and let him/her know that you want to prevent religion from being used to defy any anti-discrimination laws-federal, state or local.  

 

Full ACLU of Kentucky Statement on HB279 here .

 

 

 

 

 
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