This is a perfect project for anyone seeking to add issue advocacy work to their resume or experiences. It is a well defined project with specific goals and enough flexibility for someone who is highly motivated to make this project be a huge success.
That’s right. If Lancaster County is successful, women, minorities, and the religious, will be just like gays and lesbians who can be fired, refused entry, or denied housing.
The primary thing that stops movement on protections like this is a lack of knowledge, or ignorance. By giving voice to the realities of the benefits of non-discrimination to the community at large, fair-minded people overwhelmingly support non-discrimination.
John Micek writes about  the PA Family Institute’s voter guide, and of course Tom Corbett has much to say that we all need to be listening to. Here in Pittsburgh, among the gay and lesbian bloggers, the primary point of conversation has been that Joe Hoeffel supports same-sex marriage, but the reality is, we need to be putting a stronger spotlight on the real issues facing LGBT Pennsylvanians if a Republican is elected. Namely, we[Read More…]
Does Pennsylvania want to be attracting large corporations like Northrup Grumman? Seems like a silly question, yet the reality is that companies make choices based on a number of factors, bit at least a part of it, is selecting states and locations consistent with their internal policies regarding non-discrimination and domestic partnership benefits.