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KFTC at Fancy Farm

by Dave Newton — last modified August-02-2009 12:20 AM

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Earlier today, fifteen KFTC members, friends and allies participated in the annual Fancy Farm picnic and political event in Graves County. The major issue of the day for us was restoring voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society.

We passed out almost 400 stickers, thanked a few legislators for voting for the measure in the past (like Representatives Will Coursey, Mike Cherry, and Jody Richards) and talked with candidates like Trey Grayson, Daniel Mongiardo, Rand Paul, Darlene Fitzgerald Price, Jack Conway, and Gatewood Galbrath.

Special thanks to our allies at the Catholic Conference and People Advocating Recovery for helping to connect with people at the picnic.

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Posted by Mr. Couch (minister) at August-04-2009 01:48 PM

Thanks for your presence at Fancy Farm. Those of us working around the Gailbraith campaign felt very strongly about restoring voting rights to convivted felons. As a minister I'm so tired of hearing talk of justice being served and a debt being paid to society when truly we mean the debt can never be paid off. Felons are released from jail with slim chances of getting hired and no chance in voting again. I cant see the grace present in that mindset of justice. With one breath we say rejoin and become a productive member of society, and on the other hand there are not equal opportunities the rest of us share. In America everyone should have a voice. If the debt is truly paid and time is served, then lets start with a clean balance sheet, a new set of opportunities, and hopefully a better more just day on the horizon for Ky.