Posting this is totally different for me! Â But in the midst of the heavy political stuff, doesn’t some absolutely beautiful photographs sound like the perfect break? These images are amazing and gloriously colorful. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did. This is one of my favorite from the whole set, but please follow the link and look at them all! Note: I’m sorry if I mislead anyone. These 30 images are not mine![Read More…]
No matter what they believe is their reason, anyone who wants Pennsylvania to focus on the important things like health care, jobs, education, and public safety, must come out and ask the Senate to say no to this piece of legislation.
Even if, the people agree with the positions of their elected officials, they still don’t trust them. This is enormously important!
This is their line in the sand, so they aren’t giving in quietly or easily. And no matter how much progress we have made, it could turn the other way without too much work on their part.
But underneath those “big frame” concepts, was a story of a real boy and a real father, and a real relationship between them. For Brendan now, it won’t matter if gays can marry. But it mattered to Brendan, every day of his life that his father loved him.
We see this type of fear mongering language so often anytime issues surrounding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people are concerned. “Social Experiment, as if equality is an unknown adventure full of potential danger.
The conservative movement, especially the far radical right is working to take back advances made in civil rights on every level, and they are doing it using whatever means possible.
The author, Noah, adds a new voice (new as it is a voice that hasn’t been heard on my blog before) and has a refreshing and meaningful way to express his ideas. I hope you take some time to read his whole blog entry lined below, but here is an excerpt:
Whenever same-sex marriage is put up for a vote by the people, opponents can launch a campaign of fear mongering, lies and misinformation that is successful at scaring people to vote “No”
One of the things I liked about this action was the non-political aspect of it. Our political system isn’t working for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queers. We can’t give up on it entirely- we must stay engaged and work for change within it. but we also need to seek out other avenues for change.