State Rep. Dan Frankel steps up for homos once again! 

"We must fight this irrational amendment. Progress on this issue is slow
but it is steady. Look at Corporate America: about half of the Fortune
500 companies offer domestic-partner benefits - it's just equal benefits
for equal work. Eleven states provide these benefits to their employees,
as do many major universities around the country. More than 8,000 U.S.
companies now offer these benefits. While most of the country moves
forward, passing this amendment would make us a backwater for economic
development," Frankel said.

"Who would want to come to Pennsylvania to invest, to teach, to learn,
if we promote discrimination and intolerance?"

State Senator Jane Orie is putting her time and energy behind persecuting homosexuals (and the 250,000 unmarried heterosexual couples in Pennsylvania).   (412) 630-9466

Western PA Senate sponsors of  Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for marriage.

State Senator Bob Regola - District 39  Greensburg      724-600-7002

State Senator Don White - District 41  Indiana  (717) 787-8724

State Senator John Pippy - District 37  Moon Township  412-262-2260

Yes, Pennsylvania.  These are the folks spending YOUR tax dollars to tackle critical issues threating the welfare of your family.  You'll be extra safe from us queers while you lose your jobs, lose your healthcare, lose your home to property taxes and lose any chance your children have for a healthy future. 

Take Action!

On March 15th, the Pennsylvania House of Representative's State Government Committee will be voting on HB 2381, the anti-LGBT, anti-family constitutional amendment that would prohibit recognition of same-sex marriage and all unmarried relationships in the Commonwealth.

We need your help to stop anti-LGBT activists from writing discrimination into the Pennsylvania Constitution. Pennsylvania state legislators are attempting to amend the Pennsylvania state constitution to deny gay, lesbian and unmarried families legal recognition.

We need you to call your state Representative immediately and ask them to oppose HB 2381, known as the "Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment."

The amendment's text states, "Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this Commonwealth, and neither the Commonwealth nor any of its political subdivisions shall create or recognize a legal status identical or substantially equivalent to that of marriage for unmarried individuals."

Ask your legislators to protect all of Pennsylvania's families and not harm some by writing discrimination into Pennsylvania's constitution. Pennsylvania law already stops gay and lesbian couples from marrying, and this amendment is not necessary.

So-called marriage protection amendments affect all families in our state, not just same-sex families. While supporters in other states have said these amendments are only about gay marriage, this is not true. In Ohio, courts have ruled that unmarried people, including unmarried heterosexual couples, may not seek protection from abuse orders. In Michigan, groups are challenging domestic partner benefits for employees. Virginia's recently enhanced amendment is so broad that it may interfere with the rights of all Virginians to create wills, medical directives, powers of attorney, child custody and property arrangements, and even joint bank accounts!

Thank you for your support. Please forward this information to friends, family, and other people in Pennsylvania who believe in civil rights and equality for all Pennsylvanians.

Today's Post-Gazette includes a letter from Scott Means, Administrator of the Seeds of Hope Fellowship in Bloomfield.  Seeds of Hope is a mission church of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. 

Shame on you, Mr. Means!  Shame on you for dressing up your homophobia in the guise of cultural relativism.   Bishop Chane rightfully calls out Archbishop Akinola for  his UNCHRISTIAN stance with regard to the welfare of homosexual Nigerians.  This isn't about disrespecting the African culture underpinning the Nigerian homophobia.  This is about a man of the cloth failing to uphold his moral obligation to the vulnerable members of his community. 

It is xenophobia to claim that African's are culturally wired to be homophobic.  Even if they are, it doesn't absolve Archbishop Akinola from his MORAL obligation to protect the human rights of Nigerian homosexuals. 

Shame on you, Mr. Means!