PA House drops consideration of anti-LGBT marriage amendment.
Members of the House State Government Committee for dropping consideration of HB 1434, the mean-spirited and nonsensical amendment to the constitution on marriage.
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Action Alert: PA Anti-LGBT Marriage Amendment to be Voted This Week!
A vote on House Bill (HB) 1434 is scheduled for TUESDAY, MARCH 13 in the House State Government Committee. Now is the time to let your voice be heard. HB 1434, proposed by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, would not only amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to define marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman, it would invalidate any other type of legal union or one substantially equivalent. That means any discussion of civil[Read More…]
PA Senate votes to suppress democratic voters this year.
Late this afternoon, the PA Senate voted to pass HB 934, a Voter ID bill designed to suppress the Democratic vote in the coming elections. Passing by a single vote, the bill nows goes back to the House because it has ubndergone a few changes since the House passed iut previously. This is a huge blow against real democracy in a state bust slashing public sercvices, it will now spend 5 million (at least) against[Read More…]
PA Senate to vote TOMORROW (Wed 3/7) on Voter Suppression Bill! TAKE ACTION NOW!
PA Senate to vote TOMORROW (Wed 3/7) on Voter Suppression Bill! TAKE ACTION NOW! The Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations is likely to vote TOMORROW (Wednesday 3/7) on legislation that would prevent thousands of Pennsylvanians from voting and participating in the democratic process. EMAIL YOUR STATE SENATOR TODAY! And, if you haven’t already phoned your senator, please call today! HB 934, which was passed by the state House of Representatives last summer, would deprive voters of the right to[Read More…]
Action Alert: PA Voter Suppression Bill Vote Coming.
Late Friday, word came out that we would see a PA Senate committee vote on PA HB 934, a Voter ID bill and a full Senate vote is possible later this week. Like many states across the country where Republicans won control in 2010, the PA GOP has been moving lock step ahead with an agenda designed to harm he re-election of Barrack Obama, and promote a radical social activist agenda that targets women and[Read More…]
Activism is a combination of little things.
Each and every one of us can do things and we have no idea what chain of events can be placed into motion because of it. Btrett’s efforts weren’t some wel thought out, strategic plan for gay acceptance. It was far simpler; tryuly humble and more personal. Yet that action helped set the stage for other actions by other people, that led to more actions by more people. Get the picture?
Grasping the Occupy Movement, and what it means today.
Occupy model was working, and working well enough that the Status Quo was so utterly scared of it that it had to get it all shut down. The Status Quo wants us to all believe that the current system is all we have, and so we have to make thiings work within it, making only little tiny changes as we go. The Occupy movement demonstrated this to be a fallacy, and invited everyone to not only envision different models, but to experiment bringing them into being.
Will Ravenstahl make an announcement at the SCDC meeting?
Would that be a place for the Mayor to announce that he is signing on to the Mayors for Marriage Equality list? That would make a spash, right? This is pure speculation on my part, but what do you think? Sound plausible? Possible? Useful to his campaign?
DADT and the value of visibility.
For many queers, the issue of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) was merely about the ability to serve in the military, and for some, this seemed like a no brainer. Why woulds a person want to go and risk their life for a country that treated them as second class citizens? And others rationalized war as “wrong,” so no need to support the repeal of DADT. The real value of ending DADT however had little[Read More…]
Will DWTS advance LGBTQ Rights?
Saw this on Joe.My.God: Lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been cast for the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars. And it leads me to ask what you think of this premise: Dancing With the Stars is doing great things for LGBTQ Rights? Do you agree? Over the various seasons of this show, there have been a number of folks who self-identify as LGBT, and I’m of the belief that this advances LGBTQ Rights[Read More…]