FPP:Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals

PRESS RELEASE: Kentucky Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal by American Atheists

The Kentucky supreme Court, has declined to hear a case attacking the Kentucky Homeland Security Act for its reference to dependence on “Almighty God” as vital to the security of the Commonwealth.


 AMICUS BRIEF PRESS RELEASE 2012

Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals: Senators’ Brief of Amicus Curiae Col. Ron Ray and First Principles Press, together with Alabama Judge Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law, filed an amicus curiae brief in the Kentucky Court of Appeals on behalf of 35 Kentucky Senators defending a Homeland Security Act that declared that “[t]he safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.”

KYSENATORS – AMICUS BRIEF 5-10-10.pdf

Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals: Representatives’ Brief of Amicus Curia First Principles Press teamed together with Kentucky lawyers Jack Richardson, IV and Richard L. Masters to file an amicus curiae brief in the Kentucky Court of Appeals on behalf of 96 Kentucky Representatives defending a Homeland Security Act that declared that “[t]he safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.”

KYREPS – AMICUS BRIEF 5-10-10.pdf

PRESS RELEASE: May 10, 2010 “Thirty-Five Kentucky Senators File Brief Defending Homeland Security Law Recognizing Kentucky’s Dependence on God for Safety”

AMICUS BRIEF PRESS RELEASE 2010.pdf

[/three_fourth_last]Defending “Almighty God” in American Atheists, Inc et al v. Commonwealth of Kentucky: Summary of the Oral Argument Oral Arguments were heard in the Kentucky Court of Appeals on February 24, 2011 in Frankfort, KY regarding the name of “Almighty God” in Kentucky’s Homeland Security Statute. This legal battle began on August 26, 2009, when Judge Thomas D. Wingate of the Franklin Circuit Court entered his opinion in favor of the Atheists striking down all provisions in KRS 39G.010 making reference to “Almighty God” regarding the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security…[/three_fourth_last]

American Atheists Case – Backgrounder 3-1-11.pdf

Statewide Newspaper Covers National Case in KY to Keep God in State Law On October 3, 2010, the front page of of Kentucky’s statewide newspaper, The Courier Journal, covered again the case in the Kentucky Court of Appeals, for which we have filed friend of the court briefs.

KY Statewide Newspaper Covers National Case – Backgrounder 10-04-10.pdf