by Richard Nelson | Mar 14, 2014 | Blog
Commonwealth Policy Center Executive Director Richard Nelson had an opinion editorial in yesterday's Courier-Journal. Nelson's concern is the seeming collapse of defending marriage as the union of a man and woman within the ranks of the GOP. In the editorial,...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 13, 2014 | Blog
Attorney General Jack Conway insists his support for same-sex marriage is designed to put him "on the right side of history." Or, as he said, “I had some political advisors who looked at the crosstabs of the Bluegrass Poll and I knew roughly in this...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog
Last Tuesday, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway refused to defend the Commonwealth’s marriage law which put him in good company with fellow Louisvillian and former GOP Chairman Brad Cummings. Cummings recently waved the white flag of surrender and called on...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 11, 2014 | Blog
Boyce College professor Owen Strachan, and an alum of Bowdoin College in Maine, has a must read post on the shenanigans happening at his alma mater regarding religious liberty and religious intolerance. According to Strachan, In a move that has reminded many...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 7, 2014 | Blog
Conservative and Catholic New York Times Columnist Ross Douthat penned a sobering op-ed in last Sunday's New York Times. His message: The issue of defending marriage is lost. It truly is inevitable, and for this reason, defenders of traditional marriage may find...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 7, 2014 | Blog
Conservative and Catholic New York Times Columnist Ross Douthat penned a sobering op-ed in last Sunday's New York Times. His message: The issue of defending marriage is lost. It truly is inevitable, and for this reason, defenders of traditional marriage may find...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 5, 2014 | Blog
Yesterday, in a surprise move, Governor Beshear announced his attention to seek outside counsel to defend Kentucky's 2004 marriage protection amendment, a constitutional amendment passed with over 70 percentage points. The move is surprising as it pits...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 27, 2014 | Blog
In arguably one of the most calculated rhetorical and misinformation campaigns ever seen, the Arizona bill that protects liberty has been vetoed by Governor Jan Brewer. There are several links worth drawing attention to that highlight why this bill was well written...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 25, 2014 | Blog
With the spate of religious liberty bills popping up in the legislatures of Tennessee, Arizona, and Kansas, outcry has arisen from the gay community about an attempt to undermine their rights, some even calling such legislation "Jim Crow" laws for...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 22, 2014 | Blog
Advocates of natural marriage, including U.S. Senate candidate Matt Bevin, have taken lots of heat for criticizing the federal court ruling which overturned much of the Commonwealth's marriage law. Erick Erickson put the issue into focus by differentiating refusal...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 21, 2014 | Blog
This week, no small amount of energy and tweeting was spent addressing an article by USA Today columnist and self-professed evangelical Christian Kirsten Powers who suggested that when it comes to Christians deciding on whether to bake cakes for gay weddings,...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 19, 2014 | Blog
While federal judges in Kentucky are busy striking down portions of the Commonwealth's marriage amendment, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered wise words about the highly contested space that same-sex marriage now occupies. On with Meet the...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 18, 2014 | Blog
In the classic Peanuts cartoon, Charlie Brown lines up to kick a football when Lucy pulls the ball away at the last moment leaving poor Charlie flat on his back yelling Ughhhhh! This might have been how Kentucky voters felt last Wednesday upon learning the news of...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 13, 2014 | Blog
From CN2: Mix of emotional and cautious reactions to federal judge's opinion on Ky. same sex marriage ban Politico: Kentucky gay marriage: Judge says state must recognize gay marriages performed in other states From Albert Mohler, President of The...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 12, 2014 | Blog
This just out from the Louisville Courier-Journal: A federal judge Wednesday struck down Kentucky’s ban on recognizing valid same-sex marriages performed in other states, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 12, 2014 | Blog
The earth shook and the ground caved in on a bedrock Kentucky institution today. But the story of the sinkhole that developed under the refined ground of the Corvette Museum is the second most important event in today’s news. The federal judge that struck down...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 11, 2014 | Blog
Yesterday's news cycle was abuzz with very important information about a college football player about to enter the NFL draft. If you thought it might be a phoenomenal rise in draft projections due to some superhuman strength or technique found in the...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 7, 2014 | Blog
The spirit of John Scopes recently descended upon our beloved Bluegrass in the form of debate between Creation Museum Founder Ken Ham and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Nothing like a good debate to rouse the troops comfortably entrenched in their intellectual foxholes...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 6, 2014 | Blog
In another punch to the gut that Obamacare is brining to America, this week, news broke from the Congressional Budget Office that the continuation of Obamacare would result in a loss of over two million jobs by 2021. According to the Associated Press, The...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 5, 2014 | Blog
Of all the heat Bill Nye the Science Guy took from the scientific community for agreeing to debate Ken Ham on the topic of evolution, he didn’t do so bad. He presented himself well and was articulate and confident. Yet Nye couldn’t answer some of the most...
