by Staff | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog
Westport Middle School in Louisville announced an opportunity for students to meet legislators and a gay rights activist. The purpose was to teach them how to write letters to their legislators, but the intent was controversial. The activity comes in the wake of...
by Staff | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog
A journalist at Spectator recently reported that her social media news feed is filled with random advertisements encouraging women to sell their eggs to egg banks for profit. In England, they are paid 750 pounds, which is about $924 for their eggs. Allan Pacey, a...
by Staff | Mar 28, 2023 | Blog
Should controversial books that promote LGBT activity be banned from school libraries? That is the question several states are wrestling with, including Kentucky. I recently debated a representative from the ACLU, who was opposed to removing these books. She cried...
by Staff | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog
Gov. Beshear vetoed SB 150, which in part, keeps public school children from being sexualized through curriculum normalizing LGBT identity. The Kentucky Department of Education is also opposed. Both have conflated affirming the humanity of kids and disagreeing with...
by Staff | Mar 24, 2023 | Blog
A federal judge was heckled into silence at Stanford University. Justice Kyle Duncan, a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, was invited by the university’s Federalist Society to speak. During Judge Duncan’s speech, protestors interrupted him, calling...
by Staff | Mar 23, 2023 | Blog
Should children attend drag shows to prevent violence? Northwestern University says yes. This was a response to a Tennessee bill banning minors from attending drag shows. The university panel claimed that this bill pushed back protections for transgendered people and...
by Staff | Mar 22, 2023 | Blog
A professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago has a solution to economic hardship— abortion. In a presentation on “reproductive justice,” Professor Julie Maslowsky said, “Denying a woman an abortion creates economic hardship and insecurity which...
by Staff | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog
A bookstore owner is taking the city of Jacksonville, Florida to court. Christie DeTrude, owner of Queen of Angels, a Catholic bookstore, believes what the Bible teaches about sex and gender. She wants to make it an official store policy to refer to people according...
by Staff | Mar 20, 2023 | Blog
Should human embryos be considered personal property? According to a Virginia Circuit Court judge, the answer is yes. Circuit Judge Richard Gardner said, “Since there’s no prohibition on the sale of human embryos they may be valued and sold as goods or...
by Staff | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog
If you’ve ever been on social media sites, then you’re familiar with what happens to people who express politically incorrect opinions. They’re often canceled. This is when hundreds of people pile on, and accuse the unsuspecting of heinous...
by Staff | Mar 16, 2023 | Blog
Walmart is closing its remaining stores in Portland, Oregon. The decision comes in response to the city’s refusal to prosecute shoplifting. Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillion warned in December that theft is an issue and if authorities don’t do something about it, prices...
by Staff | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog
International tension between the U.S. and China is making its way into the Commonwealth. House Bill 500 would prevent China from buying land in Kentucky. As if spying on our nation through Tik Tok and by a weather balloon isn’t enough, now China is trying to buy land...
by Staff | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog
Religious freedom is on the docket in the Kentucky State House. House Bill 570, sponsored by Representative Chris Fugate (R-Chaviess), would allow teachers to express their religious convictions openly. It was inspired by a Supreme Court case involving a high school...
by Staff | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog
California Governor Gavin Newsom suspended a $54 million contract with Walgreens after they announced they would not send abortion drugs through the mail to states that prohibit this. Kentucky has a similar law. Newsom said that he won’t do business with...
by Staff | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog
Men are in crisis in our country. 63% of young men are single. Only 27% of men report having 6 or more close friends. Young men commit suicide at 4 times the rate of young women, and they’re more violent. These statistics tell us that an increasing number of men...
by Staff | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog
I testified before a legislative committee on a bill (SB 115) addressing sexually oriented performances in public places where children are present. I told the Senate Veterans Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee that public drag performances that mimic...
by Staff | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog
The U.S. Department of Education proposed regulations that would allow public universities to treat religious student organizations differently than other student organizations. The issue boils down to religious groups being exempt from university nondiscrimination...
by Staff | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog
Is free money the way to treat homelessness? Oregon says yes. They’re considering a bill that would give homeless and low-income people $1,000 a month. Though well-intentioned, this bill fails to address the root causes of homelessness, which are mental illness...
by Staff | Mar 6, 2023 | Blog
An ACLU staffer asked me while passing in the Capitol annex if I was happy with a couple of victories that pushed back against the sexual revolution. My response was that I saw a lot of brokenness on both sides of the issues. There was anger and sadness as transgender...
by Staff | Mar 3, 2023 | Blog
Should people be allowed to change the sex indicated on their birth certificate? That issue isn’t theoretical anymore. Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill into law that says that Illinois residents can unilaterally change their own sex status on their...
