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Legislature starts off slow, ends with burst of activity
State RepresentativeThe last week of session contained several long days and late nights. Monday the house adjourned at around 11:20pm, and Tuesday the KY General Assembly adjourned for the final time in the 2013 session at midnight. After finishing up at my office and...Tags: Human Interest, Pension and Welfare, Civil Rights, Interior Policy, Politics
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Ky. House bill provides funds for pension
State senatorPhew, what a week. The last two days of the 2013 General Assembly Session saw us burning the midnight oil as we worked literally till midnight. But the hard work did have its rewards as several high-profile bills passed. Senate Bill 2, the public-...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Finance, Civil Rights, Interior Policy, Voting
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In 2013, escalating battles over claims of conscience
Let’s start the New Year with a conundrum as old as the Republic: When religious convictions clash with secular laws, how far should government go to accommodate religious claims of conscience? From Colonial conflicts over the refusal of Quakers...Tags: Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Treatments, Laws, Church and State Relations
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Haynes: The Mormon elephant in the presidential arena
For better or for worse, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain likes to say out loud what others only whisper.
A few weeks ago, for example, Cain mentioned what his rivals for the nomination dare not mention: Mitt Romney has a religion problem....Tags: Sarah Palin, Mormonism, Politics, South Carolina, Elections
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Senate looks at religious freedom
State SenatorWe are entering the home stretch of the 2012 General Assembly with the attendant rush of bills as legislators feel the urgency of the dwindling days. The Senate had a very full week with legislation and committee meetings, and we received the budget...Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, Religion and Belief, Executive Branch, Health
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Haynes: Schools can't teach religion as science, even in Texas
Texas Gov. Rick Perry needs to get home more often.
On Aug. 11, just days before Perry told a boy in New Hampshire that “in Texas we teach both creationism and evolution,” the Texas Education Agency sent a memorandum to the State Board of...Tags: Human Interest, Education, Rick Perry, Politics, Executive Branch
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Law says schools can't teach religion as science, even in Texas
Guest columnistTexas Gov. Rick Perry needs to get home more often. On Aug. 11, just days before Perry told a boy in New Hampshire that “in Texas we teach both creationism and evolution,” the Texas Education Agency sent a memorandum to the state board of...Tags: Education, Rick Perry, Politics, Executive Branch, U.S. Supreme Court
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10 Years Later: Remembering 9/11
There are only a few events that I can tell you with absolute certainty where I was at that time. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of those times. I was in the Chicago area for an Inland Press Association digital media conference. As news spread of potential...Tags: Politics, Dining and Drinking, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Restaurants, History (tv network)
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Haynes: Will fear triumph over freedom?
In the heart-wrenching days after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, President George W. Bush acted boldly to prevent a backlash against Muslims and Islam in America and abroad.
Speaking to a shaken nation before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2001,...Tags: National Security, Islam, Civil Rights, Civil Unrest, Al-Qaeda
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10 years after 9/11: Will fear triumph over freedom?
Guest ColumnistIn the heart-wrenching days after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, President George W. Bush acted boldly to prevent a backlash against Muslims and Islam in America and abroad. Speaking to a shaken nation before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20,...Tags: National Security, Islam, Civil Rights, Civil Unrest, Al-Qaeda
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Haynes: High stakes for religious freedom
A church-state dispute about employment discrimination argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this week doesn’t have the headline appeal of culture-war battles over “prayer in school” or crèches in courthouse lobbies.
But pay close...Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Employees, Discrimination
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Surprising support for separating church and state
Guest columnistIt’s been a good month for the much-maligned, often-misunderstood principle of church-state separation. A whopping 67 percent of the American people agree that the First Amendment “requires a clear separation of church and state,”...Tags: Islam, Civil Rights, Civil Unrest, Politics, Roger Williams
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