Kentucky Schools in Chaos Over Conflicting Directions on Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
Republican lawmakers couldn’t get the law passed and enacted quickly enough, but are now facing the ramifications of their knee-jerk, rushed reaction.
April 18, 2023
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Republican lawmakers couldn’t get the law passed and enacted quickly enough, but are now facing the ramifications of their knee-jerk, rushed reaction.
Republican legislators raced to push through the health care ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ provisions.
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill that included a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors and restrictions on discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in schools.
Montana, Kentucky, and Idaho are among the latest states to move such legislation forward.
These aren't final decisions on the bans, but they can't be enforced while lawsuits against them are heard.
The law threatens gay-straight alliances and is causing other harms to LGBTQ+ youth.
2023 was a record year for anti-LGBTQ+ legislation at the state level. Here's a look at the worst of many heinous bills.
The Republican-majority House and Senate overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto by wide margins Wednesday.
Antigay pastor Fred Phelps apparently doesn't enjoy a home-state advantage in his desire to use the picketing of military funerals as a way of condemning homosexuality--Kansas is about to pass a law restricting what many consider an abuse of freedom of speech.
The Arkansas Senate passed the legislation along party lines Tuesday, and it now goes to the House.
New York governor Eliot Spitzer submitted a bill to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, making good on a promise he made during his 2006 bid for the gubernatorial seat.
The weekend brought of flurry of political endorsements, with Gen. Colin Powell breaking his silence on the presidential race to back Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah breaking with her running mate, Sen. John McCain, to voice her support for a federal marriage amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.
The U.S. Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would ban demonstrations, such as those led by antigay pastor Fred Phelps (pictured), that attempt to disrupt military funerals at national cemeteries.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, the leader in the Democratic presidential field, has become the Republican candidates' favorite punching bag. They accuse her of being antimiltary and trying to create a ''big government, big taxation welfare state.''