Alicia Pedreira And Other Kentucky Activists Are Challenging Publicly Funded Discrimination And Indo

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By Sandhya Bathija

With a new college degree in hand, Alicia Pedreira had set out to find the perfect job to put her career on the right track. As an optimistic woman fresh out of school, she never thought that the first position she accepted would end up derailing that career and altering her entire life.

It was 1998, and Pedreira had landed an interview to be a family therapist for the Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children (KBHC), a faith-based agency that contracted with the state to provide foster care for troubled children.

She had been wary of applying to the organization. Being a lesbian and aware of KBHC’s religious nature, she doubted they would like her, and she guessed she might not get along with them, either.

But after the initial interview, she felt differently.

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