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Rally rundown

By Grace Published May 1, 2012

My belated, brief recap of the Unite Against the War on Women rally, 4/28/12:

Con­gress­man John “Awe­some” Yarmuth spoke around 2:30 pm. He was, of course, awesome.

We esti­mate that there were approx­i­mately 300 peo­ple present for the Congressman’s address. The crowd size fluc­tu­ated after Yarmuth spoke, aver­ag­ing between 100–150 peo­ple in size. Really, it was a great turnout, espe­cially on a day with so many com­pet­ing events.

The Unite Women Ken­tucky rally orga­niz­ers pose with Con­gress­man John Yarmuth.

Amy Shoe­maker, Demo­c­ra­tic can­di­date for the KY State Sen­ate, got to speak after all! She, and every sin­gle one of the speak­ers and bands that per­formed that day con­tributed some­thing dif­fer­ent yet equally amaz­ing to the rally. The pro­gres­sive orga­ni­za­tions that tabled the event made it easy for atten­dees to get informed and con­nect with other pro-women peo­ple. In times like these, events like this remind us that we’re not alone, we’re not crazy, and we’re not going anywhere.

There will be more pic­tures and video to follow.

As for Unite Women Ken­tucky, this rally was only the begin­ning of our efforts to fight for women’s rights in Ken­tucky and in all 50 states. Email unitewomenkentucky@gmail.com to join the fight.

HERLINKS

Addi­tional cov­er­age of the Unite Women rally

More great photos

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Unite Women Kentucky wants YOU!

By Grace Published April 21, 2012

We’re wag­ing war against the War on Women 4/28/12.

We need YOU to donate your money and your time. The Unite Against the War on Women rally is less than a week away, and we’re still $1,400 away from reach­ing our fundrais­ing goal of $2,000. This cov­ers the basic, non-negotiable expenses of stag­ing a rally: fencing, porta-potties, pro­mo­tional mate­ri­als, etc. Donate here.

“This event can’t hap­pen with­out money,” said orga­nizer Eryn Heakin.

The event also can’t hap­pen with­out peo­ple like you. Vol­un­teers are needed to help with the final orga­niz­ing push this week, and of course to work the rally. Email unitewomenkentucky@gmail.com to join the cause.

Why should you donate your pre­cious time and money? Because Con­gress­man John Yarmuth, that’s why.

Sec­ond, women’s health is under attack.

Third, “I would love to show Mitch McConnell that there is a War on Women,” said state leader Leslie Neidig.

Wouldn’t you? Get involved today!

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Kentucky declares war against the War on Women

By Grace Published April 18, 2012

Mark your cal­en­dars for the “Unite Against the War on Women” rally to protest the cur­rent nation­wide onslaught of anti-woman legislation.

We’ll assem­ble on Sat­ur­day, April 28th from 2:00–6:00 p.m. at the Fresh Start Grow­ers Sup­ply in Louisville, KY. Go to the Face­book event page right this sec­ond for direc­tions, lots of addi­tional info, and to RSVP for the rally.

Please donate to the cause. Stag­ing a protest of this import requires seri­ous dough, so give what­ever you can and urge your fam­ily, friends, and co-workers to do the same. I’ll be post­ing more ways to help orga­nize as I become more involved myself.

Speak­ers include Con­gress­man John “Awe­some” Yarmuth, Dr. Cather­ine Fosl (Direc­tor of the Anne Braden Insti­tute), Amy Shoe­maker (state sen­ate can­di­date), and Derek Mor­gan of the ACLU. Doesn’t get much bet­ter than that, folks.

Don’t live in Ken­tucky? Don’t worry! “Unite Against the War on Women” ral­lies are being planned all over the coun­try. Go to Unite Women dot org to find a rally in your neck of the woods.

There will also be a rally in Lex­ing­ton on 4/28. Unlike the Louisville rally, the Lex­ing­ton rally is not affil­i­ated with Unite Women (appar­ently the orig­i­nal group split into two for what­ever rea­son), but who cares? We’re all work­ing for the same amaz­ing cause!

 

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Pro-Lifers protest around the clock at Louisville abortion clinic

By Grace Published March 10, 2012

If you need an abor­tion in Ken­tucky, you have two choices: the EMW Women’s Sur­gi­cal Cen­ter in either Louisville or Lex­ing­ton. And, between now and April 1, you have no choice as to whether you’ll encounter these cursewords:

"40 Days for Life" Campaigners, 3-9-12

A group of “40 Days for Life” cam­paign­ers at approx­i­mately 5:30 p.m. on March 9, 2012. They stand slightly to the left of the entrance to the EMW Clinic, chant­ing the Hail Mary. We assume they’ve held at least a few peo­ple back to keep pray­ing the gay away. Wouldn’t want to leave that unattended.

They’re with the “40 Days for Life” cam­paign, which is a “focused pro-life effort that con­sists of 40 days of prayer and fast­ing” dur­ing the Lenten sea­son. The woman at the EMW Clinic’s front desk said that they always have pro-life pro­test­ers dur­ing the day, but for the 40 Days cam­paign they’re stick­ing around all day and night, prey­ing on pray­ing for clinic vis­i­tors. They also keep count of the num­ber of women that enter the build­ing on their Twit­ter page.

“It’s their right to protest,” she shrugged.

That is absolutely true. But it is also true that, if you do have an appoint­ment at the EMW, there are escorts avail­able to help you make that jour­ney (unfor­tu­nately the front entrance where the pro­test­ers stand is the only way in).

Please con­sider sup­port­ing the EMW Clinic by donat­ing to the National Abor­tion Fed­er­a­tion or any other pro-choice orga­ni­za­tion by becom­ing an escort your­self. You are never alone in the fight to exer­cise your repro­duc­tive rights, no mat­ter what oth­ers would have you think.

HERLINKS

NARAL’s report card for Ken­tucky (Spoiler: we get an “F.”)

National Net­work of Abor­tion Funds — Kentucky

Every Sat­ur­day Morn­ing blog

EMW Clinic

National Abor­tion Federation

 

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Derby Day

By Grace Published February 18, 2012

For­get gam­bling, giant hats, mud, and gross dis­plays of wealth/alcohol intox­i­ca­tion. This is my kind of derby:

Derby City Roller Girls

Tonight was the first bout of the sea­son for Louisville’s Derby City Roller Girls. The crowd was most def­i­nitely packed. Though the DCRGs didn’t come out on top this time, I think we were all too amped to be disappointed.

 

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Strippers and marriage

By Grace Published July 24, 2011

I’ve got two unre­lated news items for you: one on strip­pers and one on marriage.

Let’s start with the strip­pers. If I had a nickel for every time I said that…

The city of Louisville’s new reg­u­la­tions on adult enter­tain­ment estab­lish­ments are way harsh. For exam­ple, the ordi­nance pro­hibits the sale of alco­hol and, I shit you not, nudity. If it is the city’s goal to force all strip clubs out of busi­ness by fall, then they will prob­a­bly be suc­cess­ful. Read Jonathan Meador’s fas­ci­nat­ing fea­ture story for the Louisville Eccen­tric Observer (LEO) Weekly.

I presided (yes, I) over the wed­ding of my best friend yes­ter­day. I am awe­some and am very cheap ($10 per parental tear drop), for all you pre-nuptial cou­ples out there ;) And today was the first day that gay cou­ples could get mar­ried in New York. Be sure to lis­ten to NPR’s cov­er­age; it made my eyes leak.

To the hun­dreds that were mar­ried today in New York, and to my won­der­ful best friend and her won­der­ful hus­band, I say, Con­grats, you crazy kids! Happy ever after!

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Louisville city employees can now add same-sex partners to health insurance

By Grace Published July 16, 2011

A round of Her­plause for Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.

He signed an exec­u­tive order yes­ter­day to extend health insur­ance ben­e­fits to Louisville city employ­ees and their part­ners, mak­ing life a lit­tle eas­ier for gay and straight unmar­ried couples.

To qual­ify, part­ners must be liv­ing with the city employee for nine months or more and show proof that they share finances. Part­ners may begin draw­ing ben­e­fits on July 1, 2012.

Read more here.

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God made you gay, but only Jesus can make you ungay

By Grace Published June 23, 2011

The Rev. Albert Mohler is in hot water with his some of his Bap­tist brethren. (Read “in hot water” lit­er­ally and you’re wel­come for the jacuzzi visual.)

Blog­ger Peter Lump­kins accused Mohler of “ton­ing down the rhetoric against homo­sex­u­al­ity” at the South­ern Bap­tist Convention’s annual meet­ing last week. If you know any­thing about Mohler, who is pres­i­dent of the South­ern Bap­tist The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary in Louisville, you know what a bunch of baloney that is. Mohler is well known for his ultra con­ser­v­a­tive beliefs, which he fre­quently expresses on his blog, Twit­ter feed, Face­book page, etc. For exam­ple, he recently made news when he warned that yoga, with its evil East­ern ori­gins, can be dan­ger­ous for Chris­tians, and also when he told dis­graced Rep. Anthony Weiner to quit being such a slutty Jew and come to Jesus already.

So did Mohler actu­ally tone down his awful anti-gay rhetoric, as Lump­kins claimed? Nah, Mohler had sim­ply crit­i­cized a “form of homo­pho­bia” within the dom­i­na­tion, lament­ing that the church pushes homo­sex­u­als away when it should be giv­ing them a great big Squeeze-the-Gay-Away hug.

In response to Lump­kins’ crit­i­cism, Mohler said to the con­ven­tion attendees:

We have said to peo­ple that homo­sex­u­al­ity is just a choice. It’s clear that it’s more than a choice. That doesn’t mean it’s any less sin­ful, but it does mean it’s not some­thing peo­ple can just turn on and turn off. We are not a gospel peo­ple unless we under­stand that only the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ gives a homo­sex­ual per­son any hope of release from homosexuality.

Well that’s a step, or, you know, a slight nod of the head, in the right direc­tion, isn’t it?

So remem­ber kids, God made you gay, but only Jesus Christ can make you ungay.

Read the full story here.

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