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Gov. Beshear signed a $100,000. contract with an Ashland Law Firm to defend LGBT Marriage Ban3/13/2014 Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday signed a $100,000 contract with a private law firm to represent him in appealing a judge’s order for Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states or countries.
Beshear announced the deal with the 11-member Ashland firm of VanAntwerp, Monge, Jones, Edwards & McCann, which also has an office in Frankfort. State Attorney General Jack Conway announced he wouldn’t appeal the decision that overturned parts of a 2004 state constitutional amendment barring recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. That’s when Beshear stepped in, disagreeing with his fellow Democrat about the appeal. OPINION | Gay marriage threat to GOP ideals Unless a federal appeals court halts U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn’s ruling, the state will have to start allowing same-sex couples to change their names on official identifications and documents and obtain any other benefits of a married couple in Kentucky on March 20. The contract with the law firm, obtained via an open records request by The Associated Press, limits the firm’s work to same-sex marriages cases in Kentucky and expires June 30. But it does allow the governor to renew the deal for two years at a time. Under the terms of the contract, partners in the firm may be paid $125 an hour, associates can make $90 an hour and paralegals may make $40 an hour. Total payments under the contract are not to exceed $100,000. The law firm has a long list of corporate and public clients, including AK Steel, Oklahoma-based oil and gas company Chesapeake Appalachia, Kings Daughter Medical Center, the Boyd County Board of Education and the Ashland Board of Education. An email message left for the law firm was not immediately returned Thursday afternoon. The hiring comes a week after Conway said that appealing the case would be “defending discrimination.” Moments later that day, Beshear said in a written statement that the potential for “legal chaos is real” if a delay is not granted while the case is appealed. He noted that litigation over gay marriage is pending in many other states and that the issue ultimately should be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with the appeal, Beshear and the state are defendants in a federal lawsuit seeking to force Kentucky to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. That case is also pending before Heyburn, who is expected to rule by summer. Multiple judges have overturned voter-approved bans in Texas, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. At least 17 states, mostly in the Northeast, and Washington, D.C., allow same-sex marriage. Others may soon follow depending on how federal appeals courts, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court, rule on state bans that have been overturned. Six federal judges have issued pro-gay-marriage rulings since the Supreme Court’s decision last June that struck down part of the federal anti-gay-marriage law. The latest came last week in Texas. Heyburn issued a Feb. 12 opinion that Kentucky’s ban on recognizing same-sex marriages violated the Constitution’s equal-protection clause because it treated “gay and lesbian persons differently in a way that demeans them.” Recently, a federal judge in Texas down that state’s gay marriage ban but immediately delayed the implementation of his ruling pending appeals by the state. In January, the U.S. Supreme Court put a hold on a decision in Utah recognizing same-sex marriages. A report from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey conducted by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality, found that transgender people faced double the rate of unemployment of the general population, with 63 percent of the transgender people surveyed reporting they experienced a serious act of discrimination that majorly affected their ability to sustain themselves. These numbers are even worse for trans people of color, especially trans women of color, the deaths of whom have been deemed a “state of emergency.”
Watch These Straight People Answer A Question Gay People Have Been Asked For Years Couples seeking the right to have their marriages recognized by the state of Indiana from front left, Erin Brock and Melissa Love, Jo Ann Dale and Carol Uebelhoer and from back right, Micheal Drury and Lane Stumler answers questions about their lawsuit during a press conference. March 7, 2014 Four gay couples have filed suit in the Southern District of Indiana to seek to force that state to recognize and allow same-sex marriage.
The suit mirrors the current case in Kentucky, which is appealing a federal judge’s ruling requiring the state to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere. Daniel Canon and other attorneys who spearheaded the Kentucky case on Friday filed a similar challenge in federal court in New Albany for the couples who want to get married in Indiana or have their valid marriages from other states recognized there. “These couple are like any other opposite-sex couples in Indiana...they live as married couples, they raise their kids together, they work and go to church...pay their taxes,” he said. “But the state of Indiana today says they do not deserve the same rights.” Such state laws have faced a growing number of challenges since last year, when the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year gave full federal recognition of legally married gay couples. Recent public opinion polls have also shown rapidly growing acceptance of gay marriage. While Indiana does not have a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, like Kentucky has, its laws state that “only a female may marry a male” and “Only a male may marry a female.” It also voids any same-gender marriages in Indiana performed legally elsewhere. Cannon and the plaintiffs said Friday that recent debate in Indiana over a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage - although it stalled recently - helped spur them to file suit. “The people of Indiana cannot depend on the legislature to protect their civil liberties and constitutional rights, so we turned to the federal courts,” Canon said, adding that it was the such first case they were aware of in Indiana. The lawsuit, which claims the law is unconstitutional and discriminatory, names as defendants Attorney General Greg Zoeller and Gov. Mike Pence, who has supported state efforts to pass a constitutional gay marriage ban. Zoeller said Friday that his office would defend Indiana’s laws, saying he would “defend the state’s authority to define marriage at the state level.” “People of goodwill have sincere differences of opinion on the marriage definition, but I hope Hoosiers can remain civil to each other as this legal question is litigated in the federal court,” he said. Micah Clark, executive director of the American Family Association of Indiana said in a statement that “homosexual activists” were pushing the case because state lawmakers failed to pass a constitutional ban, leaving it in the hands of “unelected judges.” Attorneys said they planned to file an injuction to allow two of the couples to marry in Indiana. The case is currently before Chief Judge Richard Young, Canon said. The plaintiffs are Melissa Love, 43, and Erin Brock, of Jeffersonville; and Michael Drury, 52, and Lane Stumler, 66, of New Albany - all of whom said they want to get marrried in Indiana. Jo Ann Dale and Carol Uebelhoer, of Otisco, were married in Massachusetts in 2008; and Jennifer Redmond, 33, and Jana Kohorst, 36, of Jeffersonville, were wed in New York last year. They want their marriages recognized. They also argue that the state ban deprives them of legal protections and benefits. For example, they must pay more in taxes and for health care, and cannot be adoptive parents to the same child. “Indiana has no rational, legitimate or compelling state interest in treating same-sex couples any differently than opposite-sex couples,” the lawsuit said. The the brewing battle nationally may eventually be decided at the U.S. Supreme Court, plaintiffs yesterday said they challenged Indiana’s laws partly because they didn’t want to wait. Since December, federal courts in Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas and Utah have struck down state laws that ban same-sex marriage or prohibit recognition of same-sex marriages conducted in the 17 states where they are legal. MORE | Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear earlier this week announced he would hire an attorney to appeal the recent federal court order requiring Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states, after Attorney General Jack Conway refused to do so. That stems from a Feb. 12 court ruling, in which U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn found that Kentucky laws banning the recognition of same-sex marriages violate the constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law. Heyburn ordered the state to recognize gay marriages performed out of state, but issued a stay until March 20th for the state to determine how to enact it. Beshear has said he plans to file for another stay while the case is appealed to avoid “legal chaos.” Beshear has said the question of whether states can prohibit same-sex marriages is being litigated in many courts and would ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. He also said Heyburn's order did not address the broader question of whether Kentucky's constitutional provision prohibiting the performance of same-sex marriages violates the U.S. Constitution. Since the ruling, Heyburn allowed two other couples who want to be able to marry in Kentucky to intervene in the suit. The two additional couples - Timothy Love and Lawrence Ysunza, and Maurice Blanchard and Dominique James — were denied marriage licenses by the Jefferson County clerk's office. Although Heyburn’s ruling only applied to marriages from other states, Heyburn suggested it might be extended to allow gays to marry within Kentucky. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -- Those working on the Fairness Campaign called yesterday a monumental event.
"It was really gratifying to see it happen because for 15 years Fairness has been pushing this statewide anti-discrimination bill and it's never been given a hearing. We've never had as many co-sponsors as we've had this year, we have 18," said Dora James, Fairness Campaign Western KY Regional Organizer. James works on the Fairness Campaign that fights for civil rights of those in the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered community. She was in Frankfort for the committee hearing of House Bill 71 that would offer more rights to the LGBT community. "It would protect against discrimination in the work place, in housing or public accommodations, restaurants, parks, stuff like that," said James. There was no vote taken, but those at the meeting are excited about the progress. "No, we haven't been given any word. At the end of the hearing Chairman Tilley said that we would love for us to be able to come forward again, so I see that as hope for next time," said James. "I think we're getting extremely close for a statewide law as well. It's great to see the momentum is kind of heading that way," said former Policeman Kile Nave. Kentucky currently has six cities who have a Fairness Ordinance, Bowling Green is not one of them. Lawmakers have about four weeks left in this session to get bills passed, but the governor can always call them back for a special session After 15 years, lawmakers hold a hearing on bill to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation3/6/2014 For the first time in 15 years, backers of a bill that would extend statewide civil rights protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people won a legislative hearing Wednesday.But that's all they won. No vote is scheduled. The House Judiciary Committee heard several people testify in favor of House Bill 171, which would add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the protected classes listed in the state's anti-discrimination laws for public accommodations, employment, housing and financial transactions. The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights can investigate discrimination complaints. Six cities in Kentucky, representing about a quarter of the state's population, have enacted local "fairness laws" — Lexington, Louisville, Covington, Frankfort, Morehead and Vicco — but there is no statewide protection. Kile Nave, a suburban Louisville police sergeant who was improperly fired in 2012 for being gay, told the House panel he wouldn't have been vindicated unless the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission had the authority to intervene under the local fairness law. State Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, D-Louisville, talked about her gay brother, who attempted suicide as a young man because he felt reviled. "He said he couldn't live with the possibility of being gay, he was treated so poorly," said Marzian, the lead sponsor of HB 171. After about 15 minutes of discussion, House Judiciary chairman John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville, thanked the bill's supporters for their "moving" words. Then the committee turned to the next bill on its agenda, dealing with farms at state prisons. The General Assembly is not yet ready to vote on a civil rights bill covering gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, Tilley said later, adding that he supports HB 171. The bill might be called again at a future date, he said. "There still is concern among members on both sides of the aisle. This hearing was an attempt to dispel some of that concern," Tilley said. State Rep. Joseph Fischer, R-Fort Thomas, later said he would not support the bill. "I wasn't listening to the testimony and I haven't really read the bill," said Fischer, a vice chairman of the House committee. "I think the basic concern has to do with extending civil rights protection to cover gender identity. It's an idea that's pretty controversial because, unlike the other protected classes, some people consider that to not be an immutable characteristic." Outside the hearing room, as dozens of fairness-law supporters headed back to their cars, some asked whether they ever will see movement in Frankfort. They said Kentucky had to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere for 24 hours last week, after a federal judge's order, until Gov. Steve Beshear won a delay and then announced an appeal. "There needs to be protection for Kentuckians who don't live in one of the six cities with a local ordinance. It's disappointing that our legislators can hear clear evidence that this law is needed, and yet they still don't act," said Jeff Rodgers, an arts administrator from Louisville. However, Chris Hartman, director of the Louisville-based Fairness Campaign, said Wednesday's hearing was progress because past versions of HB 171 were never even discussed in a committee. "At the very least, there was conversation, and that ultimately engenders support," Hartman said. "Without conversation, the bill would ... languish for the next 15 years." Speaking to the House panel, Covington Mayor Sherry Carran said her Northern Kentucky city enacted a fairness ordinance and domestic-partner benefits for its employees in same-sex relationships. This has not led to frivolous lawsuits or other complications, Carran said. In fact, she said, it made the city more attractive to first-rate employers and workers who value diversity. Ralph de Chabert, chief diversity officer at Brown-Forman Corp. in Louisville, told lawmakers it's good business to respect all customers and employees, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The distiller, which has 4,000 employees worldwide, has won multiple awards for its corporate policies on "LGBT" workplace equality and customer focus. "There's a market that can be mined," de Chabert said after the hearing. "It's no different than looking at the African-American market and the Latino market. It just doesn't make sense to ignore that opportunity." FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Hundreds are spending the day marching at the state capitol to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights march on Frankfort.
Planned by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights and the Allied Organizations for Civil Rights, organizers want to mark Kentucky's historic role in helping to end segregation by becoming the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to have a state Civil Rights Act. The historic March 5, 1964, Civil Rights March on Frankfort included more than 10,000 people who walked to the capitol to urge a law that would help end segregation by making discrimination illegal in the area of public accommodations such as stores, restaurants, theatres, and hotels. A host of Kentucky civil rights leaders, citizens of all races, and celebrities participated. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, and baseball great Jackie Robinson were among those who traveled to Kentucky to help lead the marchers to the capitol and speak to the crowd from the steps. The folk group Peter, Paul and Mary led songs about freedom. Gov. Edward (Ned) Breathitt met with Frank Stanley Jr., owner of the Louisville Defender newspaper and a key organizer of the event, other state civil rights leaders, and King and Robinson, to talk about the urgent need for a state civil rights law. The march helped build support for the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 and helped result in the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966. Sign this petition
Tell Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear: Don’t defend discrimination Petition by Paul Hogarth To be delivered to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear Don’t defend discrimination. Judge Heyburn’s decision was right and in line with other federal court decisions around the country. Please drop the appeal of Judge Heyburn’s decision. Petition Background Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear—a Democrat—didn’t get the memo that it’s 2014 and the march of history is on the side of equality: Just minutes after Attorney General Jack Conway announced that he would not appeal a federal court order to recognize same-sex marriages, Beshear announced that he would hire outside counsel to appeal on the state’s behalf. Jack Conway bravely stood up for the rights of all Kentuckians, declaring that an appeal would be “defending discrimination”—and he’s right. That’s what makes Steve Beshear’s decision to appeal so outrageous. Sign the petition to Gov. Steve Beshear: Don’t defend discrimination. A former Miss Kentucky pageant winner has come out as queer, after a judge in the state struck down a law banning recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages.
Djuan Keila Trent, from Columbus, Georgia, was crowned Miss Kentucky in 2010. Judge John G Heyburn struck down the law last month, which lead to a backlash from Republicans. Earlier today the governor of Kentucky said he will hire lawyers to fight the ruling, despite the Attourney General’s decision not to appeal. Trent wrote: “You can imagine the conversation that this ruling has sparked amongst Kentuckians – those who support as well as those who oppose. I have listened to people talk about ‘the abomination of our nation’ and ‘Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve’. “What has prompted my writing today has been my questioning people’s constant assumption that a) I am hetero and b) I concur with their views. I am queer. “I believe that my sexuality is my own… and this is not kindergarten, so I don’t have to share it with anyone if I don’t want to. But it’s nice when you share, right? “Thank you for giving me the courage to change my ‘they’ to ‘we’, ‘them’ to ‘us’, and ‘their’ to ‘our.’” Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday that the state will hire outside attorneys to appeal a decision granting legal recognition to same-sex couples married in other states and countries after the attorney general announced that he would not pursue the case further.The split legal decisions from two Democrats come four days after a federal judge in Louisville gave the state 21 days to implement a ruling overturning a voter-imposed ban on recognizing same-sex unions.
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway said at a news conference that he decided he would not appeal the case because "I would be defending discrimination. That I will not do." Minutes later, Beshear said in a written statement that the potential for "legal chaos is real" if a delay is not issued in the case while it is appealed. He noted litigation over gay marriage in other states and said the issue should be ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court "Other Kentucky courts may reach different and conflicting decisions," Beshear said. "Employers, health care providers, governmental agencies and others faced with changing rules need a clear and certain roadmap. Also, people may take action based on this decision only to be placed at a disadvantage should a higher court reverse the decision." The statement said Beshear would not comment further Tuesday. U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn issued a Feb. 12 opinion that Kentucky's ban on recognizing same-sex marriages violated the Constitution's equal-protection clause in the 14th Amendment because it treated "gay and lesbian persons differently in a way that demeans them." The decision arose from a lawsuit filed by two couples who were married in other states or countries over the past 10 years. The couples sought to force the state to recognize their unions as legal. Heyburn's ruling does not require the state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples; that is the subject of a separate, but related lawsuit. Heyburn expects to rule on that issue by summer. Unless a higher court steps in and stops enforcement of the ruling, the state will have to allow same-sex couples married outside the state to change their names on official identifications and documents and obtain any other benefits of a married couple in Kentucky. Laura Landenwich, who represents several of the plaintiffs, called Beshear's move "a political stunt designed to cull favor" for any future run for office. "A true failure in leadership, and a waste of taxpayer dollars for the exclusive benefit of these politicians," Landenwich said. Dawn Elliott, another attorney representing the plaintiffs, said any appeal is unlikely to be successful, no matter who argues the case for the state. "The legal analysis is the same," Elliott said. Martin Cothran, a spokesman for The Family Foundation of Kentucky, which opposes same-sex marriage, charged Conway with "spiking the case" by not offering up a stronger defense. Conway, who said he consulted with Beshear and state lawmakers, said he prayed over the decision. "In the end, this issue is really larger than any single person and it's about placing people above politics," Conway said. "For those who disagree, I can only say that I am doing what I think is right." The decision in the socially conservative state comes against the backdrop of similar rulings or actions in other states where same-sex couples have long fought for the right to marry. Kentucky's constitutional ban was approved by voters in 2004 and included the out-of-state clause. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits. Since then, a federal judge in Texas last week struck down that state's gay marriage ban but immediately delayed the implementation of his ruling pending appeals by the state. In January, the U.S. Supreme Court put a hold on a decision in Utah recognizing same-sex marriages. Attorneys general have increasingly taken supportive roles in the movement to legalize gay marriage, despite their duty to defend state law. In Virginia, Attorney General Mark Herring announced in January that he would not defend a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Fellow Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe rebuffed calls to appoint outside council. In that case, defense of the ban fell to the legal team of the Circuit Court in Norfolk, where a suit challenging the law had been filed. A judge declared the ban unconstitutional. The decision was stayed while it undergoes the appeals process. Attorney General Jack Conway’s emotional statement that he would not appeal U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II’s ruling and would not pursue any more stays.
Conway read a five-minute statement saying that appealing Heyburn’s ruling would be tantamount to “defending discrimination.”“That I will not do,” Conway said. “As attorney general of Kentucky, I must draw the line when it comes to discrimination.” Conway said Heyburn “got it right, and in light of other recent federal decisions, these laws will not likely survive upon appeal. We cannot waste the resources of the Office of the Attorney General pursuing a case we are unlikely to win.” There will be a first-ever public hearing about a Kentucky LGBT Fairness House bill. The law would prohibit discrimination against lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
The hearing will be in the House Judiciary Committee at noon Wednesday, March 5th. The hearing follows a focused statewide public education effort launched by the Fairness Coalition which helped contribute to the passage of three new local LGBT Fairness laws across the state. Citing New Same-sex Marriage Ruling Fayette Judge Allows Stepmother To Adopt Her Wife's Son3/2/2014 On Tuesday, Joan Callahan legally became David Crossen's stepmother after 25 years of parenting him alongside his mother, Jennifer Leigh Crossen.
Three weeks ago, that wouldn't have been possible. A 2008 state Court of Appeals case restricted step-parent adoptions in Kentucky to married heterosexual couples. That began changing on Feb. 12 when a federal judge issued a preliminary ruling that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states. Callahan and Jennifer Crossen were legally married in Massachusetts in October after more than 25 years together, so Fayette Circuit Court Judge Kathy Stein finalized the adoption of David Crossen, 28, on Tuesday, citing the federal judge's ruling. It was the first such adoption in Fayette County and possibly in the state in the wake of U.S. District Court Judge John Heyburn II's ruling, which didn't become final until Thursday afternoon. On Friday, Heyburn issued a stay in the case, delaying its effective date until March 20. If Heyburn's decision is not appealed by Attorney General Jack Conway and Gov. Steve Beshear, other same-sex couples who were legally married elsewhere will move forward with adoptions quickly in late March, family lawyers said Friday. "I expect the adoption practice to pick up significantly," said Ross Ewing, Callahan's attorney. In Callahan's case, her adoption will stand even if Heyburn's decision is overturned by an appellate court. Only Callahan and Crossen have legal standing to appeal the adoption, and they won't, Ewing said. The adoption is more than just symbolic, Callahan and David Crossen said. "It means a lot to me and to her. It recognizes her for her quarter century of being my parent," David Crossen said. "But it's not as though the legal recognition provides additional validation to us or changes the way I feel about Joan or how she feels about me." When Callahan and Jennifer Crossen got married in October, as part of her vows, Callahan promised Jennifer Crossen that she would adopt David Crossen as well. "I wanted all of us to have legal standing," Callahan said. Before the adoption, if Callahan died and left David Crossen her estate, he would have had to pay an inheritance tax of 16 percent. Now that he's legally recognized as Callahan's stepson, he won't have to pay that tax. David Crossen has already paid in other ways because Callahan was not legally recognized as his parent. For years, Callahan could not cover David and Jennifer Crossen on her health insurance policy at the University of Kentucky. Callahan is a professor emerita of the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Women and Gender Studies. Callahan and others pushed the university to institute domestic partner benefits, which allowed same-sex couples and their children to receive the same benefits as heterosexual couples. One of those benefits is a discount on tuition for children of University of Kentucky professors. Domestic partner benefits were eventually implemented at UK in 2007, but it wasn't until David Crossen's final year of school. "Now he is facing all of this student debt," Callahan said. "Money isn't everything," she said. "But there are real material harms caused by this inequity in the law." Most heterosexual couples don't understand the legal headaches that same-sex couples must go through, said Judy Walden, an estate and probate attorney. For example, if Callahan gets sick, she has legal documents to show that Jennifer Crossen can make health care decisions for her. The couple spent thousands of dollars on documents to show that Callahan could make legal decisions for David Crossen when he was a minor, including documents that gave her legal authority to take David Crossen across state lines. "But you have to have those documents on you," Walden said. "If someone says that they are someone's spouse, no one really asks any questions." Fayette Circuit Court Clerk Don Blevins said Heyburn's ruling will affect many of the services his office performs if it is not overturned. "You can transfer a vehicle between husband and wife without paying a transfer tax, but gay couples can't do that right now," Blevins said. Then there are mortgage laws. "You can't enter into a mortgage without your spouse's signature in Kentucky," Blevins said. "That could also change." But until the stay is lifted and the state issues clear directions, Blevins' office is not issuing any name changes or other services that same-sex couples married in another state might seek. "County clerks will look to the attorney general for guidance on how to implement the decision should it stand," Blevins said. |