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Responding to the Transgender Issue: A Parent Resource Guide
The Parent Resource Guide is the product of a unique collaboration between organizations with very diverse political opinions and goals, who share one concern in common: The negative consequences that result when society regards bodily sex as irrelevant. United, the...
Hands On Originals Has Victory
LEXINGTON, KY — The Family Foundation applauded today's ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court in favor of a Lexington T-shirt company which had been accused, by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, of discrimination against gays because it...
Kentucky teachers face a difficult choice
At the July 2019 meeting of the National Education Association (NEA), the organization adopted new language clarifying and strengthening its support for abortion-on-demand. For decades, pro-life advocates have asserted that the NEA has been a strong pro-abortion...
“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 Racing” / slot gaming case to be heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court
Stan Cave may have the patience of Job, but he certainly has the faith of Jonathan and his armor bearer. (See I Sam 14) Cave, The Family Foundation’s attorney, has been fighting with as many as 14 attorneys at a time since August of 2010 in the various machinations of...
“Four Truths” about gambling expansion
It has always worked this way: A few people who have money try to induce those who have little to “take a chance.” Those wealthy individuals never gamble on their machines — they know better. Now we have the horse racing industry, which claims to need money,...
Foxes Guarding Hens
On Aug. 21, a meeting was held in Frankfort to discuss the newest idea for solving the state’s financial problems. The Joint Interim Licensing and Occupations Committee took testimony on sports wagering legislation. Unfortunately for supporters of this legislation,...
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...
Responding to the Transgender Issue: A Parent Resource Guide
The Parent Resource Guide is the product of a unique collaboration between organizations with very diverse political opinions and goals, who share one concern in common: The negative consequences that result when society regards bodily sex as irrelevant. United, the...
Hands On Originals Has Victory
LEXINGTON, KY — The Family Foundation applauded today's ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court in favor of a Lexington T-shirt company which had been accused, by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, of discrimination against gays because it...
Kentucky teachers face a difficult choice
At the July 2019 meeting of the National Education Association (NEA), the organization adopted new language clarifying and strengthening its support for abortion-on-demand. For decades, pro-life advocates have asserted that the NEA has been a strong pro-abortion...
“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 Racing” / slot gaming case to be heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court
Stan Cave may have the patience of Job, but he certainly has the faith of Jonathan and his armor bearer. (See I Sam 14) Cave, The Family Foundation’s attorney, has been fighting with as many as 14 attorneys at a time since August of 2010 in the various machinations of...
“Four Truths” about gambling expansion
It has always worked this way: A few people who have money try to induce those who have little to “take a chance.” Those wealthy individuals never gamble on their machines — they know better. Now we have the horse racing industry, which claims to need money,...
Foxes Guarding Hens
On Aug. 21, a meeting was held in Frankfort to discuss the newest idea for solving the state’s financial problems. The Joint Interim Licensing and Occupations Committee took testimony on sports wagering legislation. Unfortunately for supporters of this legislation,...
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...
Responding to the Transgender Issue: A Parent Resource Guide
The Parent Resource Guide is the product of a unique collaboration between organizations with very diverse political opinions and goals, who share one concern in common: The negative consequences that result when society regards bodily sex as irrelevant. United, the...
Hands On Originals Has Victory
LEXINGTON, KY — The Family Foundation applauded today's ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court in favor of a Lexington T-shirt company which had been accused, by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, of discrimination against gays because it...
Kentucky teachers face a difficult choice
At the July 2019 meeting of the National Education Association (NEA), the organization adopted new language clarifying and strengthening its support for abortion-on-demand. For decades, pro-life advocates have asserted that the NEA has been a strong pro-abortion...
“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 Racing” / slot gaming case to be heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court
Stan Cave may have the patience of Job, but he certainly has the faith of Jonathan and his armor bearer. (See I Sam 14) Cave, The Family Foundation’s attorney, has been fighting with as many as 14 attorneys at a time since August of 2010 in the various machinations of...
“Four Truths” about gambling expansion
It has always worked this way: A few people who have money try to induce those who have little to “take a chance.” Those wealthy individuals never gamble on their machines — they know better. Now we have the horse racing industry, which claims to need money,...
Foxes Guarding Hens
On Aug. 21, a meeting was held in Frankfort to discuss the newest idea for solving the state’s financial problems. The Joint Interim Licensing and Occupations Committee took testimony on sports wagering legislation. Unfortunately for supporters of this legislation,...
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...
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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...
The Value of Every Life
People should be able to make choices free from the moral restraints of the religious views of others. That’s what liberals and even libertarians have long argued because, after all,“you can’t legislate morality.” However, every law is just that – a moral decision....
States’ momentum building to overturn Roe
On May 14, the five conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court joined together to overturn a 40-year-old court precedent because they believed it to be “an incorrect resolution of an important constitutional question.” Though the case had nothing to do with...
Kentucky has five pro-life bills “in court”
The past two years have been busy in federal courts for Kentucky’s laws that protect life and women. Not only have the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and EMW Women’s Surgical Center sued the Commonwealth over new laws, they have begun to file legal challenges over...
GRACE: Like the Israelite mid-wives in Egypt, Help Centers are saving lives and shaping futures of young mothers
To become a state with a comprehensive “culture of life” it takes many people and many groups doing the many things necessary. As mentioned previously, Grace and Truth must both be manifest. Pregnancy Help Centers are the essence of Grace –meeting women at their point...
TRUTH: Kentucky has led the nation with 10 new pro-life bills passed in the last three years
Though Kentucky has been a “pro-life state” for several decades, with polls in the late 1990s suggesting that 70 to 80 percent of Kentuckians favored restrictions on abortion,it was not until the last few years that pro-life legislation has flourished. Legislation, of...
Our Commonwealth is one of the national leaders for the SANCTITY OF LIFE!
In the late 1980’s Dr. James Dobson, Founder and President of Focus on the Family, made this statement: “America is involved in a Civil War of values, and the prize to the winner is the next generation of children.” Sadly, he was painfully correct. Since 1973, through...
Life’s National Snapshot
LIFE'S NATIONAL SNAPSHOT Momentum for overturning Roe has been building since the 1973 case legalized abortion and established the trimester framework governing when and why states could regulate it. In 1992, Planned Parenthood v. Casey came close to overturning Roe,...
The Value of Every Life
People should be able to make choices free from the moral restraints of the religious views of others. That’s what liberals and even libertarians have long argued because, after all, “you can’t legislate morality.” However, every law is just that – a moral...
Senate Marches On With Confirmations
SENATE MARCHES ON WITH CONFIRMATIONS The U.S. Senate, under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s leadership, confirmed 15 federal judicial nominees this month. Since 2017, he has led the U.S. Senate to confirm 112 of President Trump’s judicial nominees. The confirmation...
Seeing Life is Believing Life
Seeing Life is Believing Life Every parent remembers seeing and hearing their child for the first time through an ultrasound. Ultrasounds have the unique ability to help parents bond with their children by accessing additional human senses. A nationwide study found...
Adults and Their Sexual Fantasies
Adults and Their Sexual Fantasies The Louisville Free Library is holding a “Drag Queen Storytime” tomorrow, May 18. The event had been scheduled on March 30, but was cancelled for some unknown reason. However, according to WHAS, Louisville’s interim library director...
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...
Louisville’s Planned Parenthood pushing against Bevin Administration
In January 2016, upon discovering that abortions were being provided without the legally required license, newly-elected Kentucky Gov. Bevin sent Louisville’s Planned Parenthood a cease-and-desist letter. America’s largest abortion provider and the Commonwealth have...
Rep. Tim Moore: A key pro-life leader in the House
Without doubt, Kentucky’s pro-life success is the culmination of decades of work from many leaders. Tim Moore is one of them. Many people, both inside government and outside government, have labored on the sanctity of life issue in Kentucky since the 1973 Roe v. Wade...
Some want our money at all costs
Opinion: By Martin Cothran, Senior Policy Analyst for The Family Foundation The gambling bill in the 2019 Session is dead, but the corruptive influence of the gambling industry never dies. In early February, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported that a prominent...
Free Speech secured for KY’s state universities
This legislative battle actually brought a few of those on the left to work with those on the right. The result was “victory.” It’s not often that a conservative college student and liberal college student stand side-by-side in support of legislation at the Kentucky...
Historical Racing case is farcical
It’s a fact that these machines were operating LONG BEFORE there was a ruling. How the Kentucky judiciary had been allowing these “historical racing” slot machines to operate long before it ruled in the case is “Exhibit Number 1” of how the gambling industry corrupts...
HB 175: Massive gambling expansion bill fails!
Though it was described simply as a “Sports Wagering bill,” HB 175 would have had huge ramifications for Kentucky families. House Bill 175 was “advertised” in the General Assembly in Frankfort as the “Sports Wagering Bill” but it actually went way beyond its moniker....
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...
Which path will the Court choose?
On Wednesday, February 27, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will settle the fate of a nearly 100-year-old cross-shaped war memorial in Maryland. The Court also has an opportunity to clarify or change the legal standard to be applied in other...
Testimony on HB 175 – The Gambling Expansion Bill
Testimony HighlightsVideo highlights of attorney Stan Cave's Feb. 13, 2019 testimony before the House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs Committee concerning HB 175 (as filed). Call the toll-free Legislative Message Line at 1-800-372-7181 and leave this message...
Gambling expansion is bad policy! – CALL!
The legislative efforts to expand gambling are now coming from some Republicans. Phone calls are the best tool to stop them. HB 175 is posted for passage in the Kentucky House. Stan Cave, attorney for The Family Foundation, who testified against HB175 (as filed)...
Casinos are here without authorization – CALL!
There are only two ways left to stop them: 1) Gov. Bevin can do it; and 2) The Family Foundation’s 8-year-and-counting court case. The only way to stop the six casinos that have come to Kentucky with their slot-like “historical racing” machines is to have one of the...
Cannabis must be fully researched – CALL!
House Concurrent Resolution 5 (HCR 5) calls on the FDA to properly study cannabis, just like it does all other medications. ALL of the herbs and grasses of the field, and ALL of the shrubs and trees have been given to man to use and develop for his benefit. Cannabis...
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