I have often had folks question if gays and lesbians are really discriminated against enough that a state law protecting them in employment, housing and public accommodations is necessary. They say, “But I’ve never heard of someone being discriminated against.”  This story comes from Florida, but the same could happen here in Pennsylvania:

A Florida condominium association says it won’t allow gay or unmarried heterosexual couples to purchase a home in its development, stating that couples “living in sin” are prohibited from owning any property at the upscale complex.

Across Pennsylvania, there are cities, counties and municipalities which have protections, but unfortunately most of the state remains without protections. The Florida story demonstrates why a patchwork like this is better than nothing, but still not enough:

While the City of Venice has a domestic partnership ordinance that might have allowed Nowak to fight the new policy, the condos with a Venice mailing address are actually in unincorporated Sarasota County, which doesn’t have a human rights ordinance.

via Fla. condo bans gay, unmarried straight couples because they ‘live in sin’ – LGBTQ Nation.