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NEWS: "ACLU calling the shots in the Governor's office," says group





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March 22, 2013

LEXINGTON, KY—"It won't be comforting for many Kentuckians to know that the ACLU is now calling the shots in the Governor's office," said Martin Cothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, in response to Gov. Steve Beshear's veto of HB 279, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

"This puts churches around the Commonwealth of Kentucky on notice that the

NEWS: Group says opposition to religious freedom could doom gay rights ordinances






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March 21, 2013

LEXINGTON, KY—A group supporting the Religious Freedom Act said today that the opposition of groups like the ACLU and the Fairness Alliance to HB 279 signaled a "new level of intolerance toward religion" that would provide opponents of local gay rights ordinances with a new reason to oppose them.

"These groups have now made it clear that they will not

Gay rights groups come out of the closet for religious discrimination



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March 20, 2013

LEXINGTON, KY—"Gay rights groups in this state have now come out of the closet on their opposition to religious freedom," said a spokesman for The Family Foundation after Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer sent a letter to Gov. Steve Beshear calling on him to veto HB 279, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The ACLU and the Fairness Alliance have been

NEWS: Opponents of Religious Freedom "factually challenged"



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March 14, 2013

LEXINGTON, KY--A spokesman for the Family Foundation said today that the campaign against the Religious Freedom Act (HB 279) that has been mounted by the ACLU and gay rights groups is "factually challenged."

Martin Cothran said that the only legal case these groups have been able to produce to supposedly "prove" that HB 279 could lead to diminishing civil

Press Release: Don't send religious people to the back of the bus, group tells Governor



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March 12, 2013

LEXINGTON, KY—The Family Foundation today joined with representatives of several church organizations, including those representing Catholics and Protestants in calling on Gov. Steve Beshear to sign the Religious Freedom Act passed by large margins in both chambers of the General Assembly.

Spokesman Martin Cothran called on the governor to resist calls by

Press Release: Group charges opponents of religious freedom bill with “disinformation”



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March 7, 2013

LEXINGTON, KY—A spokesman for the Family Foundation said he was disappointed in what he called the "disinformation campaign" launched by opponents of the Religious Freedom Act (HB 279), which is expected to be passed by the Kentucky Senate. The bill is opposed by the ACLU and the Kentucky Fairness Alliance.

"It's surprising to me that these groups would risk
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