#governor laura kelly

[theacecouple]

It's official! We got the state of Kansas to formally recognize Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week this year!

February 18-24, 2024 DON'T YOU FORGET!

[harriswalz4usabybr]

Speeches from the Wichita Campaign Rally!

Taylor Swift performed two songs, The Man and Change, before campaign speeches resumed.

Taylor Swift returned to the stage for two more songs, Karma and ... Ready For It?. Travis Kelce then met Taylor Swift on stage to introduce Vice President Harris to the audience at Interest Bank Arena.

Taylor Swift returned to the stage to close out the Rally with a final performance, singing Only The Young.

~BR~

[cheerfullycatholic]

Here’s the Petition to STOP the Satanic Black Mass in Kansas.

https://www.tfp.org/petition/oppose-the-satanic-black-mass-scheduled-to-take-place-in-the-kansas-capitol-building/

We just found out about a Satanic Black Mass that will take place inside the Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas on March 28. This is the highest platform Satanism has ever been given in this country. Having a Black Mass in a state Capitol building is unprecedented in our country’s history. According to the Satanists, “We will be performing rites to the Black Mass and indulging in sacrilegious blaspheme [sic]. God will fall and Kansas will be embraced by the black flame of Lucifer. Hail Satan.” [emphasis added] As faithful Catholics, it is our moral obligation to fight against this demonic sacrilege. Please use this short, secure form to add your name to this petition and demand Governor Laura Kelly immediately cancel the Black Mass! Our Lady Terror of Demons, pray for us!

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Daniel Villarreal at LGBTQ Nation:

Kansas’s Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Her state’s Republican-led legislature will try to override her veto, but it’s unclear whether they’ll succeed since they’ll failed to override her veto on a similar bill last May. Senate Bill 63 would prohibit health care providers from rendering gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, and encouragement to socially transition (through pronouns and clothing) — even though such care is considered safe, effective, and essential by most major medical associations. The bill would force trans minors receiving such care to de-transition. It would also deny state funding to doctors and hospitals that provide gender-affirming care and threaten to revoke the medical licenses of professionals who offer such care under the charges of “professional incompetency,” “unprofessional conduct,” and “false advertising.” Additionally, the bill would allow patients and the parents of kids who have received such care to sue doctors who provide it up to 10 years after the patient turns 18. “It is not the job of politicians to stand between a parent and a child who needs medical care of any kind,” Kelly said in a Tuesday statement. “Infringing on parental rights is not appropriate, nor is it a Kansas value.”

[...] The Republicans hold a 31-9 state Senate majority and an 88-37 state House majority, giving them ample votes for the two-thirds majority to override Kelly’s veto. However, last May, state Republicans failed to override her veto in a similar bill when two House Republicans who had voted for the bill refused to vote for a veto override.

Happy to see Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) stand up for trans rights by vetoing the harmful bill (SB63) banning gender-affirming care for trans youth.

[rapeculturerealities]

Kansas law will require ID to view acts of 'homosexuality'

The governor of Kansas vetoed n anti-LGBTQ+ bill while simultaneously letting a law pass requiring ID to view "acts of homosexuality."

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly issued vetoes Friday against a ban on gender-affirming care for minors as well as two anti-abortion measures. She also let pass without her signature a law requiring age-verification to view content "harmful to minors."

Under Kansas criminal law, material "harmful to minors" includes nudity and "sexual content," which is defined in part as "acts of masturbation, homosexuality, or sexual intercourse."

The law, which will go into effect on July 1, requires users to share their government-issued identification in order to view adult content. Websites can be fined up to $10,000 for each instance a minor accesses their content, and parents are allowed to sue for damages of at least $50,000.

[transformationsproject]

On April 12, Kansas governor Laura Kelly vetoed SB 233 which, if enacted, would have banned crucial, medically necessary health care for Kansas trans youth. The bill was returned to the Kansas Senate to override the veto which prevailed, but the Kansas House narrowly voted to sustain the veto. As a result, trans children in Kansas will not lose access to their life saving medication! This was a narrow win for Kansas kids. Watch this video to find out how you can make a difference.

[mightyflamethrower]

Satanic Black Mass Planned for State Capitol

Mar092025

Satanic Black Mass Planned for State Capitol

Normally, religious ceremonies are strictly proscribed within government buildings, because Democrats hold as sacred the Wall Between Church and State that some believe is hidden among penumbras in the Constitution. However, they do not oppose religion in general, but only a particular religion. A religion that reflects their own morality is welcome:

Kansas Catholics and a Catholic national organization are fighting to stop a satanic “black mass” scheduled for March 28 at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) is leading the initiative to protest the sacrilege. It started a nationwide petition drive and has coordinated a public “rally of reparation” outside the Capitol, where Catholics can pray and offer atonement at the same time as the so-called “black mass.”

With any luck the rally of reparation will draw greater numbers that the creeps worshiping the Devil inside the Capitol, and many more will sign the petition.

The satanic ritual is scheduled by The Satanic Grotto. According to a Facebook post announcing the event, satanists will “dedicate the grounds and our legislature to the glory of Satan.”

Big Government has been serving Satan for some time now, but this will make it official.

As you might have guessed, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is a Democrat. But the good guys control the legislature, so something can be done.

On a tip from MrRightWingDave.

[progressivepower]

Laura Kelly became governor of Kansas with the help of rural voters. Can her playbook help other Democrats? http://ow.ly/9kb410505LH

[theacecouple]

For the first time in history, we are pleased to announce that the state of Kansas is formally recognizing Ace Week!!!

[harriswalz4usabybr]

Saturday, October 12, 2024 - Kamala Harris

Today Vice President Harris and the surrogates headed west to Missouri and Kansas. Throughout the day they met up with some additional individuals, including Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce and US Congressional Candidate Esau Freeman. The 'official' schedule is below.

Ferguson, MO Event Location: Elicious Souther Style Breakfast and Brunch Event Type: Breakfast and Door Knocking/Canvasing Event Time: 8:00 - 10:00 CT *The Vice President and surrogates had breakfast at a local business, before heading out into local Ferguson neighborhoods to door knock and canvas on-behalf of the Harris Walz ticket, "Yes" on Missouri Prop A, and Wesley Bell.

Kansas City, MO Event Location: Kansas City Union Station Event Type: Memorial Ceremony Event Time: 14:00 - 16:00 CT *The campaign driving on the way to Wichita, believed it was important to hold a press briefing about gun control in Kansas City at the site of the 2024 Super Bowl Parade Shooting. Before taking press questions, there was a small memorial service where Vice President Harris and Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce laid a wreath on the west side of union station where the shooting took place. After this the VP took questions concerning gun control. Travis Kelce also traveled with the campaign to the campaign rally in Wichita tonight, where he would introduce Governor Laura Kelly.

Wichita, KS Event Location: Interest Bank Arena Event Type: Campaign Rally Event Time: 14:00 - 16:00 CT *The campaign in Wichita had a major surprise, which was that Taylor Swift would be joining the campaign to play some songs for the rally between speeches from various surrogates and candidates. Speeches were made by Governor Kelly, Congressional Candidate Esau Freeman, Former VP Al Gore, and VP Kamala Harris. Full-text of each speech will be released shortly joined by the setlist played by Taylor Swift.

~BR~

[the-sayuri-rin]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law requires the state to reverse any previous gender changes in its records for trans people’s birth certificates and driver’s licenses while also preventing such changes going forward, the state’s conservative Republican attorney general declared Monday.

Attorney General Kris Kobach also said public schools’ records for students must list them as being the gender they were assigned at birth, whether or not teachers and staff recognize their gender identities.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s office said she disagrees with Kobach’s views, though it did not say whether state agencies under the governor’s control would follow or defy them, setting up the possibility of a court fight. In 2019, a federal judge began requiring Kansas to allow transgender people to change their birth certificates to settle a lawsuit over a no-change policy.

[vague-humanoid]

On April 27, the Republican-controlled Kansas legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s (D) veto to pass a law that legally defines an individual’s sex as “an individual’s sex at birth, either male or female.” The law, referred to as a “Women’s Bill of Rights,” defines a female as “an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova.”

The new law in Kansas is the most high-profile success of a well-financed and systematic campaign to establish anti-trans policies across the country. It is being coordinated by a secretive group that has consistently opposed policies that protect and expand women's rights.

The law states that “with respect to biological sex, separate accommodations are not inherently unequal” and that “distinctions between the sexes [are to] be considered substantially related to… protecting the health, safety, and privacy of individuals” in certain spaces. The spaces include restrooms, domestic violence centers, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, and athletic facilities.

The new law attempts to erase transgender individuals by excluding them from spaces deemed as “women only.” “The Kansas bill would certainly be among the most restrictive ones that we’ve seen in the country — one of the most expansive, one of the most extreme and really just one of the most mean spirited and hurtful,” ACLU of Kansas Executive Director Micah Kubic said, according to Politico.

The original bill, SB 180, was based on model legislation written by the Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) in collaboration with the Independent Women’s Law Center and Women's Liberation Front. The IWV is the action arm of the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), a dark money group that claims to fight to “expand women’s options and opportunities.”

The IWF website states that the group is an “educational” non-profit “dedicated to developing and advancing policies that aren’t just well intended, but actually enhance freedom, opportunities, and well-being.” But while the group publicly claims to be non-partisan, it has extensive right-wing ties. In 2016, CEO of IWV and Chairman of IWF Heather R. Higgins admitted in a speech, “Being branded as neutral, but actually having people who know know that you’re actually conservatives puts us in a unique position.”

In March 2022, the IWV introduced the model legislation for a “women’s bill of rights” and called for legislation to “protect biological sex as a distinct legal category,” stating that the “basic definition” of “woman” has “come under fire in recent years by activists who dispute the biological basis of womanhood.” According to the IWF website, the “women’s bill of rights” was introduced to “counter transgender ideology.”

On April 27, the group celebrated the passing of Kansas’ new law, stating that it protects “women’s rights to privacy, safety, and equal opportunity.” The statement continued to say that the law will “prevent judges, unelected bureaucrats, and administrators in Kansas from unilaterally redefining the word ‘woman’ to mean anyone who ‘identifies as a woman.’”

IWF/V is now fighting for similar legislation to be passed across the country. Similar bills have already been introduced in multiple states, including Montana, Tennessee, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and North Dakota. In 2022, a federal bill was also introduced and sponsored by Representative Debbie Lesko (R-AZ). The bill was reintroduced by Lesko and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in February 2023.

While the IWF/V touts themselves as a group that fights for women’s rights, the reality is that the group has spent decades opposing substantive policies to protect and expand women’s rights.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Robert Tait at The Guardian:

Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, has reportedly been criticised by some of the party’s state governors for not resisting Donald Trump’s agenda and cabinet nominees strongly enough.

The exchange took place in a conference between Schumer and six Democratic governors that laid bare differences within the party over how to counteract a seemingly rampant Trump as he wreaks upheaval across the political landscape with an avalanche of executive orders, the New York Times reported. The governors, led by JB Pritzker of Illinois and Maura Healey of Massachusetts, pleaded with Schumer to slow down the confirmation of Trump’s cabinet by persuading fellow senators to vote against his nominees wherever possible. They said the party needed to generate more public opposition than senators had managed in the chamber so far. The appeal came in the week the Senate is meeting to confirm two of Trump’s most contentious cabinet picks, Robert F Kennedy Jr, as health and human services secretary, and Tulsi Gabbard, for the role of national intelligence director.

In response, Schumer said Democrats had damaged the political standing of the new defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, during his hearings, in which he was narrowly confirmed, and of Kennedy in the opening day of his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. The conference call followed a controversial memo from the office of management and budget ordering a “pause” on trillions of dollars of federal funds used for vital spending programmes. The order was rescinded on Wednesday following a fierce backlash that led to a court ruling stalling it.

After the meeting, Schumer’s office issued a statement saying the memo’s reversal was “thanks to Democrats’ work”. Andy Beshear, the Kentucky governor, reportedly told the meeting that Democrats needed to focus less on Trump’s “desecration” of American democracy in favour of a message that his administration was making life harder for ordinary Americans, which was the only way they would learn never to vote for someone like him again. Trump appeared more animated by the prospect of acquiring Greenland than on tackling the high prices of eggs and other groceries, which he promised to bring down on “day one” during his presidential campaign, Beshear reportedly said.

6 Democratic governors-- including J.B. Pritzker, Laura Kelly, and Tim Walz-- criticized Vichy Democrat Chuck Schumer for offering milquetoast resistance at best to Tyrant 47.

This is yet more proof that Schumer is unfit to lead the Senate Democratic caucus, and should be replaced with a strong fighter in tune with reality.

See Also:

The Warning (Steve Schmidt): Democratic Senate leadership must go