Kentucky School District Paints Over Scripture in Locker Room Following Atheist Group Complaint

Kentucky School District Paints Over Scripture in Locker Room Following Atheist Group Complaint

WHITESBURG, Ky. — A school district in Kentucky says that a Bible verse has been painted over after the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter to the superintendent to assert that the display is unconstitutional. Stenciled in large letters above the lockers where the Letcher Central High School football team changed for practice […]

Kentucky Christian Child Placement Agency Celebrates 500 Adoptions

Kentucky Christian Child Placement Agency Celebrates 500 Adoptions

MOUNT WASHINGTON, Ky. (Kentucky Today) – In a milestone year, Sunrise Children’s Services has even more to celebrate. The Christian organization that is celebrating its 150th year of working with Kentucky’s most vulnerable children, announced that they have seen 500 children go from foster care to adoption since 2006 when Kentucky began licensing outside organizations. […]

Judge Rules in Favor of Atheist Who Sued Kentucky DMV for Rejecting Specialty ‘I’m God’ License Plate

Judge Rules in Favor of Atheist Who Sued Kentucky DMV for Rejecting Specialty ‘I’m God’ License Plate

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge nominated to the bench by then-President George W. Bush has ruled in favor of a professing atheist who sued the Kentucky Department of Motor Vehicles for rejecting his application for a specialty license plate that reads “I’m God.” “[T]he law as applied to Mr. Hart is neither reasonable nor viewpoint […]

Kentucky High School Drops Plans for ‘Bible Literacy’ Course Over Constitutional Concerns

Kentucky High School Drops Plans for ‘Bible Literacy’ Course Over Constitutional Concerns

(Louisville Courier Journal) — A Kentucky high school will not offer a course on the Bible because of legal concerns over a 2017 law that allows the teaching of such electives in the state’s public schools. The school-based decision making council for Anderson County High School in Lawrenceburg voted unanimously Tuesday to instead offer a […]

Federal Judge Strikes Down Law That Could Have Closed Kentucky’s Last Abortion Facility

Federal Judge Strikes Down Law That Could Have Closed Kentucky’s Last Abortion Facility

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has struck down a law that could have closed the last operating abortion facility in Kentucky. “The court has carefully reviewed the evidence presented in this case and concludes that the record is devoid of any credible proof that the challenged […]