Ernest Lee Fletcher is an American physician and politician who was the 60th governor of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He previously served three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives before resigning after being elected governor. A member of the Republican Party,Fletcher was a family practice physician and a Baptist lay minister and is the second physician to be elected Governor of Kentucky;the first was Luke P. Blackburn in 1879. He was also the first Republican governor of Kentucky since Louie Nunn left office in 1971.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Afghan members of the LGBT community are forced to keep their gender identity and sexual orientation secret,in fear of violence and the death penalty. The religious nature of the country has limited any opportunity for public discussion,with any mention of homosexuality and related terms deemed taboo.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United States are among the most advanced in the world,with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s.
Jordan Palmer is an American social activist,Kentucky politician,civil rights activist,entrepreneur,and the founder of the Kentucky Equality Federation. Palmer is from Hazard,Kentucky and is credited for having Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1,being struck down by a Kentucky judge,pushing the first hate crime convictions under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,and holding the first equality protests against a sitting governor and members of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Palmer was the first openly gay person to run for the Kentucky Senate.
Ernesto Scorsone is a notable LGBT advocate,American lawyer,politician and retired judge from Kentucky.
Kentucky Equality Federation is an umbrella organization for gay,lesbian,bisexual,and transgender civil rights in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,consisting of Federation for Kentucky Equality,Inc.,Kentucky Equality Coalition,Inc.,and Kentucky Equality PAC. Kentucky Equality Federation is a member of the International Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA).
David Lewis Williams is an American attorney,Republican politician,and a judge from the U.S. state of Kentucky. From the year 1987 to 2012,Williams represented Senate District 16,a position he secured upon the retirement of fellow Republican Doug Moseley. When Republicans gained control of the state senate in 2000,Williams was chosen as President of the Senate,and held that post continuously until his resignation in November 2012. In September 2010,he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor in the 2011 gubernatorial election. On May 17,2011,Williams secured the Republican nomination over Tea Party movement-backed Phil Moffet. However,he lost the general election by twenty points to incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear. In November 2012,Williams resigned his Senate seat to accept a circuit court judgeship.
The University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law,also known as UK Rosenberg College of Law,is the law school of the University of Kentucky located in Lexington,Kentucky. Founded initially from a law program at Transylvania University in 1799,the law program at UK began operations in 1908;it was one of the nation's first public law schools. In 1913,the college became the first in the nation to institute a trial practice program,and is host to the tenth-oldest student-run law review publication in the United States. The dean of the College of Law is Mary J. Davis,who happens to be the first woman dean of the Rosenberg College of Law.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Florida since January 6,2015,as a result of a ruling in Brenner v. Scott from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The court ruled the state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional on August 21,2014. The order was stayed temporarily. State attempts at extending the stay failed,with the U.S. Supreme Court denying further extension on December 19,2014. In addition,a state court ruling in Pareto v. Ruvin allowed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses in Miami-Dade County on the afternoon of January 5,2015. In another state case challenging the state's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples,a Monroe County court in Huntsman v. Heavilin stayed enforcement of its decision pending appeal and the stay expired on January 6,2015.
The Old Court –New Court controversy was a 19th-century political controversy in the U.S. state of Kentucky in which the Kentucky General Assembly abolished the Kentucky Court of Appeals and replaced it with a new court. The justices of the old court refused to recognize the action as valid,and for a time,two separate courts operated as the court of last resort for the state.
Jennifer Lynne Burcham Coffman is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Kentucky still face some legal challenges not experienced by other people. Same-sex sexual activity in Kentucky has been legally permitted since 1992,although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy statute for same-sex couples. Same-sex marriage is legal in Kentucky under the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision,which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages and all other same-sex marriage bans elsewhere in the country,was handed down on June 26,2015.
The Fairness Campaign is a Louisville,Kentucky-based lobbying and advocacy organization,focusing primarily on preventing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Fairness Campaign is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(4) organization. The organization is a member of the Equality Federation.
Matthew Griswold Bevin is an American businessman and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019. He was the third Republican elected to that office since World War II. He is currently the CEO of Neuronetrix Solutions,LLC.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015. The decision,which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages,was handed down on June 26,2015,and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 3,2015. All of Kentucky's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
Robert Francis Stephens Jr. was an American politician,lawyer,and judge.
Kimberly Jean Davis is an American former county clerk for Rowan County,Kentucky,who gained international attention in August 2015 when she defied a U.S. federal court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Lexington,Kentucky,held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council on November 4,2014. The primary election in Lexington took place on May 20,2014,and the deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election had to file for candidacy before January 28,2014. Urban development and crime were major issues that were brought up in the election that shaped the 2014 election cycle. It saw the reelection of Jim Gray.
Jeffrey Allen Wasson was a nurse from Stanton,Kentucky,whose participation in Commonwealth v. Wasson (1992) contributed to the striking down of Kentucky's sodomy law.
