"Diversity Day" celebrated Kentucky style

It was "Diversity Day" in Kentucky yesterday and the Governor had a to-do. There was a diversity forum held for hundreds of school children in Frankfort and Gov. Fletcher signed an executive order encouraging the hiring of more minorities. It all sounds good, except for one little problem -- the order eliminates sexual orientation from the anti-discrimination list. Gov. Fletcher's order reverses a 2003 order signed by Gov. Patton that broke new ground by explicitly protecting workers based on their sexual orientation.

State Sen. Ernesto Scorsone, called the Gov.'s action "callous, unfair and indefensible" in his op-ed in The Courier-Journal.

Read about all about in:
The Herald Leader
The Courier-Journal