By BRUCE SCHREINER
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) â Kentucky reached a contract deal Thursday to continue placing youngsters with a Baptist-affiliated childrenâs agency, coming after the Democratic governor s administration removed LGBTQ anti-discrimination language that the agency steadfastly refused to sign.
The agreement continues the state s long relationship with Sunrise Childrenâs Services, which provides foster care, residential and therapeutic services to children and families. It serves some of the most vulnerable children in a state with consistently some of the nationâs worst child abuse rates.
Those contractual ties had been jeopardized by a cultural clash pitting religious beliefs against gay rights. But on Thursday, the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services said in an email it entered into the new one-year contract agreement to continue placing children with Sunrise.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Last month, Governor Andy Beshear shared on Twitter a video from the Fairness Campaign that featured Dawn Wilson, a coach at the Louisville Fencing Center, speaking about the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
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