New Mexico, Utah and Ohio rulings may bring same-sex marriage to Pennsylvania.
Judicial rulings in New Mexico, Utah, and Ohio may pave the way to strike down the Pennsylvania law which bans same-sex marriage.
Same-Sex Marriage
Bobby Jindal Doesn’t Understand the First Amendment.
In reality the anti-LGBT GOP, like Jindal were the ones who are really anti-freedom. Jindal’s efforts are intentional efforts to paint equality seekers as the enemy of the people- it is an effort to paint gays as the enemy who are taking something away from everyone else.
Polygamy, Same-Sex Marriage, and the fear of slippery slopes.
This judge’s ruling doesn’t allow polygamy and there is no truth to the myth that marriage equality will lead to polygamy. A tradition of polygamy is more connected to a past-era notion of a patriarchal domination where a woman becomes the property of a husband and he can have as many properties as he chooses.
Fairy Tales, Proposals, and Weddings
The other week I saw that someone had started a thread on LinkedIn, asking ‘what is your fairy tale wedding’? To be honest, my first thought was to be highly critical. Equal marriage rights is so completely not about fairy tales, but about real people and real lives. The whole institution of Marriage can seem pretty screwed up and partly because many hold this fairy tale image of what Marriage is and should be. And[Read More…]
McCarter, Sims to announce introduction of the Pennsylvania Marriage Equality Act
HARRISBURG, Sept. 30– State Reps. Steve McCarter, D-Montgomery/Philadelphia, and Brian Sims, D-Philadelphia, will hold a news conference 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 at Love Park, John F. Kennedy Plaza, 16th Street and JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia, to announce the introduction of H.B. 1686, the Pennsylvania Marriage Equality Act . State Rep. Steve McCarter D-Montgomery/Philadelphia www.pahouse.com/McCarter State Rep. Brian Sims D-Philadelphia www.pahouse.com/Sims
I told my Father.
After we left the restaurant, and I was climbing into my car, he said something about how everything was looking up for me. The new car, work, my health.. and he said, “and your getting married!” with a big happy smile on his face.
The Problem With Pennsylvania (is people like Victoria)
State-wide progress requires state-wide work, state-wide coalition building, state-wide communication and state-wide cooperation. All Pennsylvanians who care about Fairness and Equality must be willing to listen to one another, understand the various factors at work in different parts of the state and together seek solutions.
PA is not like CA: Marriage Equality and Constitutionality
But PA isn’t CA, and that wasn’t the reason the anti-gay folks lost in CA anyway. The suit filed against PA lists a number of state and county officers, so there should be no problem with standing nor finding someone to defend the PA DOMA law.
DOMA and the impact on Pennsylvania same-sex couples.
While Last Wednesday’s decisions by the US Supreme Court were a historical victory for the fairness and the rights of gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and queer Americans. The reality is that it doesn’t have a huge direct impact on as many people as some anticipated. The decision to refuse to decide the Prop 8 case affects only Californians and won’t impact PA couples at all. The DOMA case had actually less potential to impact PA[Read More…]
Sims and McCarter to introduce Marriage Equality Bill in Pennsylvania House
State Reps. Brian Sims, D-Phila., and Steve McCarter, D-Montgomery/Phila., will introduce a bill in the state House of Representatives to provide civil marriage equality in Pennsylvania. Like an equivalent bill (S.B. 719) introduced by state Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery/Delaware, would provide protections for religious organizations and entities that do not wish to sanction, perform or in any way recognize same-sex civil marriages.