by Richard Nelson | Apr 4, 2014 | Blog
In a show of confidence, racetracks Keeneland and Red Mile moved ahead with installation of hundreds of video terminals known as "Instant Racing." Their move comes amidst a court battle waged by the Family Foundation of Kentucky against the Kentucky Horce...
by Richard Nelson | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
There are several articles worth your review floating out on the internet today. First, Kathleen Parker, the sometimes-conservative columnist for the Washington Post has a syndicated column in today’s Courier-Journal. In it, she talks about the practical...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog
Conservative Christians are accustomed to defeat after defeat it seems in the culture wars. This week, we were struck a major blow. World Vision, the preeminent evangelical mercy ministry known for feeding the world's poor, announced that it would allow for...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog
Commonwealth Policy Center's Executive Director Richard Nelson appeared on KET's Kentucky Tonight discussing the issue of gay rights in Kentucky. Other guests included Martin Cothran of The Family Foundation, and a representative from The Fairness Campaign and...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 24, 2014 | Blog
Tomorrow is the long-awaited day. The Christian-owned craft store mega-giant Hobby Lobby will argue before the Supreme Court that its religious liberty has been violated due to the Obama administration's HHS Mandate, an odious provision of Obamacare that requires...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 20, 2014 | Blog
An interesting, ironic, and ultimately sad episode is taking place at Stanford University. At this esteemed institution of elite education, LGBT activists have persuaded Stanford's student body government to prevent school funds from being disbursed to pay for a...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 18, 2014 | Blog
Imagine a scenario where a bill has over sixty co-sponsors. Imagine a deliberative body, the House of Representatives, that requires a simple majority to pass a bill. One would assume that with over sixty co-sponsors, a bill's passage would be quite easy,...
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 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...
