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Is this racial stereotyping or Eugenics in action?

Is this racial stereotyping or Eugenics in action?

Is NOM implying that like race heterosexual marriages allow for racial purity from grandparents down to grandchildren? Or is it simply more crass race-bating?

March 19, 2013 1 comment Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage
Three Questions

Three Questions

Real Equality will come about through cultural change, attitudinal shifts, as well as by the passage of laws, policies and maintaining our efforts to be a more perfect nation. I encourage readers of my blog to post their comments and ideas as well.

March 17, 2013 1 comment general
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Introducing the thomascwaters.com newsletter!

The general prevailing media message is too often, the person who shouts the loudest or spends the most- wins, and it is time to attack that mindset head on. Real ideas, and reasoned dialogue will go further to solve real problems.

March 17, 2013 Comments are Disabled general
A Gay Man Watches Thurgood at Pittsburgh Public Theater

A Gay Man Watches Thurgood at Pittsburgh Public Theater

The show provides an inviting glimpse into not only the life of this one man, but into the history of our country and all of Americans as a people and as a country. I urge everyone to see this wonderful play. Sit there, in the audience and feel Thurgood addressing you directly, and allow that interaction to prompt you to consider history, the present and the future.

The harm of DOMA on our military.

The harm of DOMA on our military.

While much of the focus on the upcoming Supreme Court’s review of Same-sex Marriage cases has focused on the Court’s hearing of the Repeal of California’s Prop 8, a law that banned same-sex that case is important,but the marriage after it was already lawful in that state. However, it is the other case before SCOTUS, that is likely to impact same-sex couples in Pennsylvania the most. In that case, Windsor v CCCC, the Court is[Read More…]

March 13, 2013 Comments are Disabled general, Same-Sex Marriage
What Does “Religious Family Values” Mean?

What Does “Religious Family Values” Mean?

The chart here is from Voices of Central PA  and the chart is realy striking! I don’t post this to merely dismiss the religious who call for “family values” but rather to point out that the fight has to be about real issues, and not just empty rhetoric.

March 12, 2013 Comments are Disabled general
When City Council Can’t Listen.

When City Council Can’t Listen.

Let me be clear again. I can even live with a long winded Council person. (Though I’d encourage even them to learn to be more succinct) What gets me outraged, are those who say they want to listen and then kept yammering on. That is disrespectful.

March 9, 2013 1 comment general
Why is the Pittsburgh Mayoral Race Opening Up?

Why is the Pittsburgh Mayoral Race Opening Up?

Watching this race and considering the candidates is important. Those of us who call Pittsburgh Home, and want it to grow and thrive must recognize how the selection of the next Mayor is critical. Let’s all do our homework, and be smart voters at the Primary.

March 9, 2013 3 comments general
The Far Right Extreme and Criminality

The Far Right Extreme and Criminality

The best defense against these extremist zealots, is to continue to broaden cultural support for acceptance of all LGBT persons. The more acceptance and respect are the cultural norm, then the more the extremists are at the fringe and less comfortable acting out in illegal and dangerous ways.

March 9, 2013 Comments are Disabled Activism, American Theocracy: Analyzing the Religious Right, general
Anti-gay zeal creates criminals: VA Pastor sentenced for aiding in kidnapping.

Anti-gay zeal creates criminals: VA Pastor sentenced for aiding in kidnapping.

But the Religious Fundamentalists are not a joke, and the LGBTQ community needs to consider seriously what their opposition may mean for us. It should not slow us down as we seek full equality, but we recognize the lengths they will go to to stop us from having fairness and equality.