KY House Bills- Religious Liberties- Please Support

Kentucky has two House Bills up for consideration that very few seem to know about. They are House Bills 426 and 435. They both relate to restoring religious liberties in our public schools. The following is the summary for each, taken from www.legiscan.com.

House Bill 426 Summary

Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination and to organize prayer groups, religious clubs, or other religious gatherings before, during, and after school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other noncurricular student activities and groups; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each board of education to adopt and implement a policy regarding voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints and to establish a limited public forum for student speakers at all school events at which a student is to publicly speak, including graduation; designate procedure for selection of student speakers; require subject of speech to be relevant to event; require district disclaimer indicating nonendorsement of the content of voluntary expressions by students.

House Bill 435 Summary

Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination and organize prayer groups, religious clubs, or other religious gatherings before, during, and after school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other noncurricular student activities and groups and allow for expression of religious viewpoints through dress to the same extent as students are permitted to express viewpoints through nonreligious dress; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each board of education to adopt and implement a policy regarding voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints and to establish a limited public forum for student speakers at all school events at which a student is to publicly speak, including graduation.

We need to let our support of these bills be known. Please call the Free Legislative Message Line: 1-800-372-7181 today. You can say something along the lines of: "Please support House Bills 426 and 435 to restore the religious liberties of students attending public schools...and copy my message to ALL State Representatives and ALL State Senators."

You can call Monday-Thursday from 7 a.m.-11 p.m. EST and 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday. Husbands and wives are encouraged to call separately.