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“Historical Horse Racing” Appellate Brief Filed before KY Supreme Court
Download Appellate Brief Remarks by Kent Ostrander, Executive Director of The Family Foundation (September 9, 2019): FRANKFORT, KY – We have begun our tenth year in this court case by filing our Appellate Brief before the Kentucky Supreme Court. This case has...
“Historical Horse Racing” Appellate Brief Filed before KY Supreme Court
Download Appellate Brief Remarks by Kent Ostrander, Executive Director of The Family Foundation (September 9, 2019): FRANKFORT, KY – We have begun our tenth year in this court case by filing our Appellate Brief before the Kentucky Supreme Court. This case has...
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Some want to put a fox over the sports wagering hen house, says family group spokesman
LEXINGTON, KY — A spokesman for a group opposed to sports wagering rang alarm bells today about how lawmakers wanting to expand gambling in the state plan to regulate it. "Proponents of sports wagering in the Kentucky General Assembly want to put a fox in charge of...
Lawmakers ignoring Constitution on sports wagering, says family group
LEXINGTON, KY — "That silence you hear coming from Frankfort is the Joint Licensing and Occupations Committee not talking about how their sports wagering legislation is unconstitutional," said Martin Cothran, a spokesman for The Family Foundation, which opposes...
Federal Appeals Court hears oral argument
CINCINNATI, OH – “This case is about women’s safety,” said Joyce Ostrander, policy analyst for The Family Foundation. “If justice prevails, EMW and Planned Parenthood will continue to be required to have a written agreement in place ensuring the smooth and rapid...
PP Attempts to Thwart Safety Regulation
LEXINGTON, KY--"The organization that talks about safe and legal abortions doesn't seem to care enough about safety to make sure that women get the care they need if something goes wrong," said a spokesman for The Family Foundation today. The comment came in response...
U of L medical professor taken out in ideological purge files suit
LEXINGTON, KY—"Once again, in the name of tolerance and diversity, the University of Louisville is practicing the exact opposite. And, yes, once again people who pretend to champion science are instead imposing an ideological party line," said a spokesman for The...
HB175 not constitutional
LEXINGTON, KY — An attorney for The Family Foundation told a House committee today that the so-called sports wagering bill was neither constitutional, nor was it only a sports wagering bill. Stan Cave, attorney for the group, said the bill, HB 175, was "an attempt by...
Kentucky Supreme Court was misled; integrity of the process must be restored
LEXINGTON, KY — “The continuing institutional, societal, moral and cultural damage caused by an unelected Kentucky Horse Racing Commission working in common interest with the race tracks must be stopped now,” said Martin Cothran, senior policy analyst for The Family...
Constitutional Amendment required for sports betting, says The Family Foundation
LEXINGTON, KY—A spokesman for The Family Foundation said today, at the Louisville Forum, that current efforts trying to allow sports betting by statute will not work. “In order for anyone to legalize sports betting in Kentucky, they will have to amend the state’s...
Supremes slap down CA abortion ad requirement
LEXINGTON, KY – “The court affirmed today that government should not force people to say or do things in which they don’t believe,” said Martin Cothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation. “No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the abortion industry...
Some want to put a fox over the sports wagering hen house, says family group spokesman
LEXINGTON, KY — A spokesman for a group opposed to sports wagering rang alarm bells today about how lawmakers wanting to expand gambling in the state plan to regulate it. "Proponents of sports wagering in the Kentucky General Assembly want to put a fox in charge of...
Lawmakers ignoring Constitution on sports wagering, says family group
LEXINGTON, KY — "That silence you hear coming from Frankfort is the Joint Licensing and Occupations Committee not talking about how their sports wagering legislation is unconstitutional," said Martin Cothran, a spokesman for The Family Foundation, which opposes...
Federal Appeals Court hears oral argument
CINCINNATI, OH – “This case is about women’s safety,” said Joyce Ostrander, policy analyst for The Family Foundation. “If justice prevails, EMW and Planned Parenthood will continue to be required to have a written agreement in place ensuring the smooth and rapid...
PP Attempts to Thwart Safety Regulation
LEXINGTON, KY--"The organization that talks about safe and legal abortions doesn't seem to care enough about safety to make sure that women get the care they need if something goes wrong," said a spokesman for The Family Foundation today. The comment came in response...
U of L medical professor taken out in ideological purge files suit
LEXINGTON, KY—"Once again, in the name of tolerance and diversity, the University of Louisville is practicing the exact opposite. And, yes, once again people who pretend to champion science are instead imposing an ideological party line," said a spokesman for The...
HB175 not constitutional
LEXINGTON, KY — An attorney for The Family Foundation told a House committee today that the so-called sports wagering bill was neither constitutional, nor was it only a sports wagering bill. Stan Cave, attorney for the group, said the bill, HB 175, was "an attempt by...
Kentucky Supreme Court was misled; integrity of the process must be restored
LEXINGTON, KY — “The continuing institutional, societal, moral and cultural damage caused by an unelected Kentucky Horse Racing Commission working in common interest with the race tracks must be stopped now,” said Martin Cothran, senior policy analyst for The Family...
Constitutional Amendment required for sports betting, says The Family Foundation
LEXINGTON, KY—A spokesman for The Family Foundation said today, at the Louisville Forum, that current efforts trying to allow sports betting by statute will not work. “In order for anyone to legalize sports betting in Kentucky, they will have to amend the state’s...
Supremes slap down CA abortion ad requirement
LEXINGTON, KY – “The court affirmed today that government should not force people to say or do things in which they don’t believe,” said Martin Cothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation. “No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the abortion industry...