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June 29, 2006
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/29/cuba.sex.reut/index.html
Posted by
Chip on 6/29/2006
June 28, 2006
The KentuckyFairness Alliance congratulates Board of Directors member Jim Dickinson on his selection as the 2006 recipient of the Wasson Award.
Check out the press release.
Posted by
Christina Gilgor on 6/28/2006
The University of the Cumberlands has become a defendant in a lawsuit that argues that an $11-million appropriation for a pharmacy school and scholarships at the Williamsburg school violates the state constitution.
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The plaintiffs, who contend that the appropriation is unconstitutional because the university is a religious institution, are: the Rev. Paul Simmons of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; the Rev. Albert Pennybacker, former national president of the Interfaith Alliance; the Jefferson County Teachers Association; Christina Gilgor, executive director of the Kentucky Fairness Alliance; and the alliance, a gay rights organization.
Read the full text...
Posted by
Misty on 6/28/2006
June 27, 2006
Today's Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the University of the Cumberlands is seeking to intervene in our lawsuit to block the proudly discriminatory, Baptist-affiliated school from receiving our tax dollars. Story here...
Yesterday, Hazard's WYMT covered the addition of three plaintiffs to the suit. Story here...
You can learn more about the University of the Cumberlands' public discrimination, and our efforts to stop the state from spending our tax dollars there, on KFA's In the News Page:
kentuckyfairness.org/getinformed/newsroom/inthenews.htm
Posted by
Misty on 6/27/2006
June 26, 2006
From today's Herald Leader:
State aid for private tuition could be jeopardized by suit
CRITIC OF CUMBERLANDS FUNDING BLAMES SENATOR'S 'ARROGANCE'
By Lee Mueller
EASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAU
PIKEVILLE - Private schools might be in jeopardy of losing millions of state dollars that go to their students, because of a lawsuit that challenges spending $10 million on a pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands, critics say... (more)
Posted by
Misty on 6/26/2006
June 25, 2006
Via Lexington Herald-Leader:
Orientation vs. affiliation
Gay students, religious colleges: A student's expulsion this year for being openly gay brought to light the struggle many have long faced on campuses
By Jamie Gumbrecht
HERALD-LEADER CULTURE WRITER
When Cindy Downey was college hunting, she had a long list of reasons not to choose Cumberland College. It was far from home. It offered fewer scholarships than some schools. She wasn't Southern Baptist, so the affiliation wasn't a draw... (more)
Posted by
Misty on 6/25/2006
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