New Year’s Day

by | Jan 1, 2024 | Blog

The Commonwealth Policy Center did a lot of great work in 2023. We supported successful pro-family legislation. We had a positive impact on elections. We hosted major speakers and elevated the voices of Kentuckians working for the good of our state. New Year’s Day is...

Detransitioners Speak Out

by | Dec 29, 2023 | Blog

According to National Review’s new podcast, The Detransitioners, between 2017 and 2021, 5,000 children were put on puberty blockers. 14,000 received hormone injections. Over 700 had double mastectomies. To reiterate, these are children under the age of 18. And...

Pope Blesses Same Sex Couples

by | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog

Pope Francis approved a document which allows priests in the Roman Catholic Church to bless same-sex couples. And it’s created controversy. The Catholic Church has traditionally taught that homosexual acts are sinful and that sex is reserved for marriage between...

KY Abortion Lawsuit Dropped

by | Dec 27, 2023 | Blog

The lawsuit filed by the ACLU to overturn Kentucky’s abortion restrictions has been dropped. The woman who identified as Jane Doe and brought the class action lawsuit has dropped her suit after it appears she suffered a miscarriage. As Attorney General Daniel...

Homelessness Hits Record High

by | Dec 26, 2023 | Blog

America is facing record homelessness, as more than 650,000 Americans don’t have a place to call home. And the problem will likely be aggravated but a surge of illegal immigrants at our southern border. Some government agencies say that lack of affordable...

Christmas Day 2023

by | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog

Have you ever thought about the amazing ironies of Christmas? It’s a story about the infinite God becoming an infant. Eternal, yet he stepped into time and took on flesh. Almighty in power yet a helpless babe. Possessing all wealth, yet born to poor parents. He...

Kentucky Faith Trail Launches

by | Dec 22, 2023 | Blog

Several tourism organizations have announced the new Kentucky Faith Trail, a group of popular attractions which illustrate our religious heritage. It includes the Creation Museum, the Ark Encounter, and the Abbey of Gethsemane. Additional sites with religious...

DEI Benefits in Schools/Programs

by | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog

The Supreme Court has ruled that colleges cannot not take race or ethnicity into account in admissions decisions. But many programs at Kentucky’s public institutions of higher education didn’t get the memo. Several scholarships at public universities are...

Kentucky Offers Opioid Overdose Drug Through the Mail

by | Dec 20, 2023 | Blog

Kentucky public health officials are offering free medication through the mail which can reverse the effects of a drug overdose. Kentuckians can request naloxone – no prescription needed – through the NEXT Distro website if they cannot afford it or access...

College Presidents Fail Moral Test to Condemn Anti-semitism

by | Dec 19, 2023 | Blog

The presidents of several prestigious universities are under fire over tolerating antisemitism on their campuses. Rep. Elise Stefanik asked the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology if calling for the...

Gov. Andy Beshear Inaugurated

by | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog

Gov. Andy Beshear was inaugurated for a second term as Kentucky’s chief executive. He held up love, compassion, and empathy as the right responses to political division. Beshear said that we can achieve “our collective dream of a true and better Kentucky,”...