Kentucky Official Evicts Gay Couple, Says She ‘Never Should Have Rented to the Faggots’

[KamaAina]

http://www.towleroad.com/2016/08/gay-kentucky-couple/

A gay Kentucky couple alleges that a city official called them “faggots” and assaulted one of them while she was evicting them due to their sexual orientation.

Joshua Melton and his husband James Feltner (above) had lived in a townhouse owned by Manchester City Councilwoman Esther Thompson for nine months when they were evicted in June.

“She said she should have never rented to the faggots,” Melton told WYMT.

Melton, who went to the emergency room after Thompson allegedly struck him in the head, has filed a criminal complaint against her for assault. Thompson told the couple she “owned the police,” who illegally took part in the eviction, according to the Kentucky Equality Federation, which is assisting the couple.

Kim Davis owns rental property?

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I smell a lawsuit coming.

[edhopper]

2. fuck a law suit

she needs to go to jail.

[Initech]

12. +1 seriously.

[uponit7771]

14. +1

[sakabatou]

3. Me too

[grubbs]

4. Regular

Fookin hit parade for ky lately. Sheesh.

[smirkymonkey]

5. How do criminals like this ever get elected to public office?

She sounds absolutely horrible!

[Egnever]

6. They love in a backwoods town that condones nonsense like that

[Lee-Lee]

7. This is the same state as Kim Davis was elected in

So it's not terribly surprising.

[WinkyDink]

8. When did such terms become "acceptable" for government officials?

[3catwoman3]

9. Dollars to doughnuts she...

...identifies as a "good Christian woman."

[Behind the Aegis]

10. A reminder...

In the United States, there is no federal law against such discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, but at least twenty-two states and many major cities have enacted laws prohibiting it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States

Kentucky is one of 28 states which can LEGALLY refuse to rent to LBGT!!!

[spooky3]

17. And some states that outlaw disc make exceptions for

individuals (vs companies) who are renting fewer than 4 properties.

[jpak]

11. There's a lot of that going around

[aeroman]

13. $$ for assult

and then hopefully a suit can make its way to SCOTUS to protect LGBT's 14th amendment rights of equal protection regarding leases and rental property.

[Ford_Prefect]

15. Here's the local CBS tv news take on it.

http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Clay-Co-couple-says-they-were-unlawfully-evicted-because-of-sexual-orientation-389294712.html

CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - A Clay County couple claims they were told to leave their apartment because of their sexual orientation.

Joshua Melton and his husband James Feltner lived in a townhome in Manchester for about nine months. They say they never had a problem until mid-June when they claim their landlord told them to get out the next day.

"She said she should have never rented to the f*****s," Melton said.

Their landlord was Esther Thompson, who is a Manchester City Council member.

WYMT could not find an eviction notice on-record with any official, but we did find a small claims complaint Thompson filed one month after the incident asking for $2,500.

In the complaint, Thompson wrote the tenants violated their lease in many ways, including having six dogs and damaging the carpet. Thompson said it was, "by far one of the worst I have seen."

"Yeah she's lying," Melton said. "There were three dogs ... chihuahuas that we've had forever and she knew that we had them. The carpet was not destroyed."

Sounds like she had an unreported encounter with an epiphany!

[alfredo]

16. A change of venue might be wise. They will not get justice in Manchester or Clay County.

I fear for their lives.

[geek tragedy]

18. sadly, housing discrimination against LGBTQ people is perfectly legal outside the urban centers in

Kentucky. get out into the sticks, and you get mostly bigoted hicks