Kentucky Baptist Convention Committee on Public Affairs

Pro-life Bill Has One Last Shot; Rally Planned

KBC Public Affairs — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:42:38 +0000

The Kentucky General Assembly will wrap up with 2012 next Thursday, April 12, but it’s not too late for citizens to make a difference! Next Thursday is “Veto Override” day, when the legislature can reconsider anything the governor vetoed this past week (and possibly override his veto if they deem that necessary). A bill that [...]

Senate Okays Religious Freedom Amendment; Calls Needed NOW to Win House Passage

KBC Public Affairs — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:39:34 +0000

Senate Bill 158, also known as ” The Religious Freedom Amendment,” has been approved by the Kentucky Senate but with time in this year’s Kentucky General Assembly passing rapidly, it’s important for Kentucky citizens to contact their House legislators on behalf of the measure. If approved by three-fifths of the House of Representatives as it [...]

Time Running Out to Cap Payday Lending

KBC Public Affairs — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:13:25 +0000

The following is a re-post of a recent blog from KBC Executive Director Paul Chitwood on the important issue of payday lending. With time running out in this year’s Kentucky General Assembly session, a bill to cap payday loans at 36 percent is stalled in a House committee. Call Now to Support Payday Lending Cap [...]

Pro-life Bills Barely Breathing

KBC Public Affairs — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:16:02 +0000

Kentucky Right to Life has issued an urgent call for pro-life citizens to make contacts with their legislators to try to save two pro-life bills that are dying in a House committee as this year’s General Assembly session winds down. Here’s their message: We are in the last two weeks of the 2012 Kentucky legislative [...]

Do We Really Need Drunk Voters?

KBC Public Affairs — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:00:42 +0000

A Senate bill that would increase the amount of income a restaurant bar can derive from alcohol sales now has an amendment to it that would also allow alcohol sales on election days. Both the original bill, Senate Bill 40, introduced by Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, and the amendment, which comes from a House bill [...]

London Voters Defeat Liquor Sales Push

KBC Public Affairs — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:36:30 +0000

Congratulations to the citizens of London on the defeat of a push to allow packaged liquor sales. On March 6, 54 percent of voters in a special election in London voted against the sales. It was the third city in southeastern Kentucky that have long been dry to deal with efforts to expand alcohol sales [...]

Religious Freedom Bill Passes Committee

KBC Public Affairs — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:17:18 +0000

Senate Bill 158, also known as ” The Religious Freedom Amendment,” has been approved by the Kentucky Senate’s State and Local Government Committee and now goes on for consideration by the full Senate. If approved by three-fifths of the Senate and House of Representatives, the bill would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot for [...]

Casinos Coming in Through Back Door

KBC Public Affairs — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:18:44 +0000

While we celebrate the fact that Gov. Steve Beshear’s latest effort to bring seven casinos to Kentucky failed miserably in the state senate, it’s important to realize that one casino already exists at the Kentucky Downs racetrack in Franklin and is quietly continuing to grow. In this post from The Gambling Notepad blog, gambling issue [...]

Here are the Voting Details on the Casino Bill

KBC Public Affairs — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:54:41 +0000

Here’s how Kentucky senators voted on the casino gambling bill yesterday. Senate Bill 151, which would have given Senate approval to placing a constitutional amendment on the November ballot allowing up to seven casinos across the Commonwealth, needed to receive 23 votes (three-fifths of the senators) in order to move the proposal along to the [...]

Casino Bill Goes Down to Defeat

KBC Public Affairs — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:55:39 +0000

The Kentucky Senate has voted 21-16 to defeat a proposal that could have led to as many as seven casinos operating to drain the Kentucky economy of more than a billion dollars each year. Many thanks are owed to all of those courageous senators who stood up to the tremendous pressure that was exerted by [...]