The linked article is from Box Turtle Bulletin, and it is a great read, so check it out. The question for me becomes, what can we expect will happen to what little rights the LGBT community has in PA now, if Republican Tom Corbett is elected governor. Corbett has already pledged to work for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage if elected. What other harm to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender pennsylvanians can he do? It is essential for LGBT rights that we elect Dan Onorato this Fall. The LGBT movement has been making some strides forward, even if at times they seem far too few and far too little. Still it all has the Religious Right up in arms and vowing to turn it all around. Is that the Pennsylvania you want to live in?

Among the first policy changes pushed by Arizona’s legislature as soon as Republican Janet Brewer succeeded Janet Napolitano (D) as governor was to pass House Bill 2013, which changed the definition of “dependent” to specifically exclude domestic partners and adopted children of gay individuals, effectively ending insurance coverage for the families of gay state employees

via Box Turtle Bulletin » Judge Blocks Arizona’s Termination of Domestic Partner Benefits.

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