| − | '''Kentucky''', the Bluegrass State, entered the [[United States of America|Union]] in 1792, making it the fifteenth state. Kentucky's capital is [[Frankfort]], and the largest city is [[Louisville]], with a Metro population surpassing 1,000,000. Kentucky is famous for many things, including the [[Kentucky Derby]], [[bourbon]], Kentucky Fried Chicken, [[coal]], bluegrass music, boxing great [[Muhammad Ali]], and the basketball program at the [[University of Kentucky]]. | + | '''Kentucky''', the Bluegrass State, entered the [[United States of America|Union]] in 1792, making it the fifteenth state. Kentucky's capital is [[Frankfort]], and the largest city is [[Louisville]], with a Metro population surpassing 1,000,000. Kentucky is famous for many things, including the [[Kentucky Derby]], [[bourbon]], Kentucky Fried Chicken, [[coal]], bluegrass music, boxing great [[Muhammad Ali]], the basketball program at the [[University of Kentucky]], and [[conservative]] Senator [[Rand Paul]]. President [[Donald Trump]] won Kentucky by 30% in 2016, the largest margin of victory for a [[Republican]] presidential candidate there in more than 40 years. |
| | The state Constitution of Kentucky, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says: | | The state Constitution of Kentucky, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says: |
| − | :''We, the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy, and invoking the continuance of these blessings, do ordain and establish this Constitution.'' | + | :''We, the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, grateful to Almighty [[God]] for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy, and invoking the continuance of these blessings, do ordain and establish this Constitution.'' |