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Rally for Equality. Fairness. Nothing more, nothing less.
Where
Commonwealth of Kentucky Capitol
700 Capitol Avenue
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
(502) 564-3449
Map
Kentucky State Capitol Driving Directions
When
Feb 19, 2008
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Equality.
Fairness.
Nothing
more, nothing
less.
We plan on having many guest speakers; including Senator Ernesto Scorsone, Representative Kathy W. Stein, Pastor Cynthia Cain, and Christine Maxwell (former chair of TransKentucky).
What's at stake?
- House Bill 118, the Healthcare Inequality Bill. Public universities and other government agencies would not be allowed to offer health insurance to the unmarried domestic partners of their employees should this bill become law.
- House Bill 33. This bill would allow anyone 18 and older to designate a non-blood relative as having hospital room access (such as a same-sex partner).
- Senate Bill 55, the non-discrimination bill. Senator Ernesto Scorsone had filed Senate Bill 55 to "to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity."
With more than 560,000 of Kentucky’s 4,173,405 citizens living without health insurance, taking coverage out of anyone’s reach indicates health insurance is only a commodity for the rich.
“Every Kentuckian knows when a bill is filed to stop
universities from offering domestic-partner
benefits, it is actually a bill to
discriminate against a specific group of people
– gays. Even the question of denying them
is homophobic.” - Kentucky Equality
Federation President Jordan
Palmer.
Together,
we can accomplish our long-term goals!
We are only asking for
protection from discrimination based on sexual
orientation or gender identity, the freedom of
knowing someone cannot legally discriminate
against us.
We are only asking for
social equality through exposure,
communication, and education, so that laws may
finally be enacted to legally validate our
relationships.
Related Documents
- General Rules for Effective Lobbying
Presented by Kentucky Equality Federation.