The link below is to the Daily Kos from last week, and is about a speech she gave, but I think there is another story here to consider. So, Sister Sarah tried to use a play on words, to use the Texas secession issue and morph it into a Texas succession theme. Â But what happened? The crowd was far more enthusiastic about the idea of secession than suceeding. Really. Think about that for a minute.[Read More…]
By interacting, I don’t mean a single interaction, but rather if the legislator knows you, they are more likely to really hear you, and your opinion can affect their thinking and action.
Pennsylvania has joined the growing list of states where same-sex marriage is front and center at the moment. Unlike Iowa, or Washington DC, it is not because PA may soon allow marriage equality- just the opposite. A Pennsylvania Senator has introduced a joint resolution, SB 707, which would amend the PA constitution to describe marriage as between one man and one woman, thus writing discrimination against same-sex couples into the PA constitution. Background posts on[Read More…]
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.