Articles by: Thomas Waters

Public forum at PSU-New Ken is time to ask about LGBT issues.

I received a blast email from Rep Evankovich about his upcoming public forum. Questions received from constituents will be addressed b y a panel of other elected officials from both sides of the aisle. This is a perfect opportunity to pose some questions about HB 300, the state-wide non-discrimination protections, as well as other issues of importance to Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ community.  At the bottom is a link to his website where a form exists to[Read More…]

August 2, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general, LGBT Discrimination: Exploring Laws and Policies

Many Pennsylvania bills being written by secretive group of corporate lobbyists behind closed doors

American Legislative Exchange Council writes bills and then gives them to PA legislators who pass them off as their own work. The report identifies 23 legislators who are ALEC members, including much of the GOP leadership in the General Assembly. Twenty-two of the 23 are GOP legislators. Only one is a Democrat.

August 2, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general

Catholic church plays victim: refuses to live in the 21st century

If Catholic related groups wish to discriminate based upon their world view, they can. No one is stopping them. But if they seek to be business partners with the State and participants in a democracy, then they have to follow the laws just like the rest of us.

August 2, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — general, Same-Sex Marriage

Understanding the obstacles to equality

Thomasson’s ideas place pastors at the heart of the political system. Christianly voting = theocracy.

August 1, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — general

LGBTQ Pittsburgh’s five year plan

During Pride this year, Visit Pittsburgh, in cooperation with the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh sponsored a media tour which brought LGBT media persons from across the country here to see and write about Pittsburgh. Overwhelmingly, they shared the singular experience of “discovering” why Pittsburgh deserves the ranking as the 5th gayest city. Many of us who live here, know we have something special, while at times because war are so close to it, we may[Read More…]

August 1, 2011 — 2 comments — general

IRS Revokes Peter LaBarbera’s AFTAH Tax Exempt Status

If these income levels are accurate, it says that the anti-gay forces which can be so vocal are perhaps even smaller than one might think. It shouldn’t be that hard therefor to eliminate any threat they pose by simply out performing them by getting more LGBT positive material into the media.

August 1, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general
The language of same-sex marriage

The language of same-sex marriage

Marriage Equality is a concept worth fighting for, but a part of that battle is to name our relationships, our marriages and our weddings for what they are: same-sex where they are as valid and meaningful, and legal as anyone else’s.

August 1, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — general, Same-Sex Marriage

Reminder: How the debt got so high, and it wasn’t Obama

Joe has a great post here worth reading. As the debt ceiling fiasco has continued few are talking about what has created the mess in the Furst place. Reminder from the Times editorial board on how the deficit got this big. It’s their explanation of the above chart:The second graph shows that under Mr. Bush, tax cuts and war spending were the biggest policy drivers of the swing from projected surpluses to deficits from 2002[Read More…]

July 31, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — general

Joe. My. God.: Frothy Mix: NY Has Destroyed Marriage

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/07/frothy-mix-attacks-tim-gill.html

July 31, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — general

That religious argument.

I rarely have anti-gay type folks post comments on my blog, but I was surprised today to find a comment posted on a story about Target and their supposedly neutral stance on same-sex marriage. While the old testament says to stone folks like you, I am not a perfect Bible reader. I am a Christian and we lean over backwards to forgive. LBGT has had a license to do what they pretty much please in[Read More…]

July 26, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — general, Homosexual
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