Monthly Archives: April 2013

Christians and Gay Marriage

Even as other states greenlight gay marriage, Kentuckians largely oppose it. WFPL News, a public radio station in Louisville, recently hosted a discussion on gay marriage featuring Dr. Hershael York, pastor of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort and Rev. Maurice “Bojangles” Blanchard of Highlands Baptist Church in Louisville. Last Sunday, Dr. York also preached […]

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Ky. Horse Racing Commission Approves New ‘Instant Racing’ Games

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved four new “instant racing” games and forty machines for the parlor at Kentucky Downs. While the commission an Kentucky horse racing tracks insist the ‘instant racing’ games are perfectly legal forms of pari-mutuel wagering, the games bear an uncanny resemblance to slot machines, which are illegal in Kentucky. See […]

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ERLC President-Elect on CSPAN

(BAPTIST PRESS) In his first television appearance since being named president-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Russell Moore was forthright in his positions but stressed the importance of Christians being Kingdom-minded in approaching issues. Moore, who will officially begin June 1 with the SBC’s entity for moral and religious liberty […]

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