Tag: Civil Rights
Black Pastor Rents Texas Billboard: “Gay Rights Are Not Civil Rights”
If anything , placing this sign is a disgrace to the founding principles of the back civil rights movement and those who made change happen. I've added two video clips to shine some light into the darkness.
Homophobia and Fear: A Reply
Yesterday, I wrote about a blog post, where an individual presented a definition of homophobia, and then suggested that he wasn’t one, where I felt the contempt he demonstrated towards gays and lesbians illustrated otherwise. Well I’m grateful to say,
Gay Marriage in El Paso Texas?
As I looked over possible things to write about today, a blog entry grabbed my attention concerning the recent same-sex kiss incident in El Paso Texas. The city of El Paso may try to use this incident to leglaize homosexual
Is Being Against Homosexuality and Homophobia the Same Thing?
It is so easy to hold a strong judgmental conviction about something (like homosexuality) when it is an abstract concept or idea separated from a real life experience. Why not go and spend some time in a gay church (I'm
Same Sex Marriage in CA: 8 Reasons Why We Should Lay Off the Debate over 2010 v. 2012
Isobel Whites post is really excellent and should be, in my opinion, required reading! Â There is at one time, two ideas in there: one may seem counter-intuitive, but the other is well worth the trouble of sorting the first out.
Allegheny County Ordinance- What the Other Side Has to Say
Yesterday, I received in the snail-mail the American Family Association of PA (AFAPA) newsletter. It is always good to know what the other side is saying. When it comes to this “other side” is is usually full of craziness, lies
Is Same-Sex Marriage The Last Social Safety Net
Found this blog today, called “Balloon Juice.” I think you have to love any blog with a tag line like “Consistently wrong since 2002″ Drew me in and got me interested for sure. This is a pretty cool blog, and
Does NOM Care about Straight Marriage?
I really wish someone on the far right would explain their strategy to me. What I dont get is this: if their goal is to protect marriage, why in the world are they wasting all this time, energy and money
What We Are Up Against
Senators get 705,000-plus letters opposing ‘hate crimes’ Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I’m a major cheerleader for grassroots constituent advocacy. Making contact with your elected official is the single most important thing a person can do other
Time to lean on Leanna (and all PA Senators)
While I was away over the weekend, there were a number of bloggers who wrote about thew recent debate between PA State Senators, Daylin Leach and John Eichelberger (R- PA 30th). Two very good resources would be the Pennsylvania Progressive
