Dispatch from the red states: Kentucky.April was a busy month for LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender folks and their opponents in the Bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. State: Republican governor Ernie Fletcher (pictured), an ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. Christian minister, on April 11 signed an executive order repealing antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender state employees--the same day he declared a statewide Diversity Day. Jason Johnson was expelled on April 6 from the University of the Cumberlands University of the Cumberlands is a private, liberal arts college located in Williamsburg, Kentucky with an enrollment of approximately 1,800 students. The school, known as Cumberland College , a Southern Baptist college, for being gay, which university officials discovered by reading his MySpace.com profile. The 20- year-old sophomore and his boyfriend, Zac Dreyer, are now using the site to fight back. In response to Johnson's expulsion, gay state senator Ernesto Scorsone (pictured), a Democrat from Lexington, opposed an item in the state budget giving $10 million to build a new pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands, saying. "We should not be budgeting bigotry." |
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