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Schuette’s gay marriage brief: special rights for some and a snub to the Constitution.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette uses the recent decision surrounding affirmative action to suggest that a voter approved ban on same-sex marriage should be upheld. He cites: “As Justice Kennedy recently explained, (in the affirmative action case) “[i]t is demeaning to the democratic process to presume that the voters are not capable of deciding an issue of this sensitivity on decent and rational grounds,” Schuette wrote in his appeal of a ruling in March by[Read More…]

May 11, 2014 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, Same-Sex Marriage

Fear mongering and Homosexuality

If the State has an interest in maintaining birth rates (and I’m not entirely certain that it does) it can better serve that end by putting all of the focus on improving there economy, raising wages and providing adequate services to help families.

May 10, 2014 — Comments are Disabled — general, Homosexual, Same-Sex Marriage

Will Allyson Schwartz turn off her voters with attack ads?

Can I continue to support Allyson Schwartz in the PA Governor race? I’m not sure. I’ve wanted to support her from the very beginning, but her recent attack ads were possibly the last straw for me. Attack ads don’t increase voter turnout nor do they help undecideds pick you as their candidate. If anything the role of attack ads is to erode the possibility that undecideds don’t vote for whomever you are attacking. They are about[Read More…]

May 9, 2014 — Comments are Disabled — Election, general

Is Biden the most significant Vice President the LGBTQ community has ever known?

Biden is often characterized as a person who speaks somewhat recklessly, but in reality, this is a very nuanced and thoughtful statement. He is both nudging the President, pointing out there is no real downside to the President making and Executive Order, and at the same time, he emphasizes what the President has been saying al along-

May 2, 2014 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general, LGBT Discrimination: Exploring Laws and Policies

Bruce Benderson is against Marriage Equality for the Wrong Reasons.

Even if it was not his intent, by writing against Marriage, he is inadvertently writing against Equality, and Benderson shouldn’t be surprised if he faces great and vocal disagreement.

May 1, 2014 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

Jo Becker’s Book on ‘The Fight for Marriage Equality’ and revisionist history.

Michelangelo Signorile writes a great column detailing the problems with Jo Becker’s new book, and I suggest you read it all. I’ve detailed only a bit here: The most egregious problem with Jo Becker’s new book, Forcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality, isn’t the omissions, which many critics have focused on in the past week. The omissions problem is pretty egregious, however, so let’s deal with it first, because it’s a criticism[Read More…]

April 28, 2014 — Comments are Disabled — general

Trans issues vs Trans persons.

Advocating for trans persons is also about advocating for Economic Equality for all as well as for an end to discrimination in hiring and employment.

April 27, 2014 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general, Transgender Discrimination & Issues

Does Parody Become a Capital Offense?

The video is one of the latest installments in a recently ongoing anti-drag skirmish started by a transgender blogger. The whole little battle is both infuriating and interesting, but at the root of it, is the notion that there are words that drags can’t use because they are cis and not trans.

April 25, 2014 — 3 comments — Activism, general, Transgender Discrimination & Issues

Meet and Greet for Rob McCord in Pittsburgh

a meet and greet for one of the candidates for PA Governor, Rob McCord to be held Saturday evening in Pittsburgh. McCord received the 2014 endorsement from the Steel City Stonewall Democrats

April 24, 2014 — 1 comment — Activism, Election, general, LGBT Discrimination: Exploring Laws and Policies, Same-Sex Marriage

Is Pennsylvania prepared for Marriage Equality by June?

It is conceivable that a judge could rule before the end of May and Same-sex marriage could be legal in the State of Pennsylvania before the start of June. This move was made possible in part because both sides, the ACLU as well as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania both agreed to allow the judge to rule based only on the briefs files and without a trial.

April 21, 2014 — 2 comments — general, Same-Sex Marriage

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