Rick Santorum: Eliminate Food Stamps b/c Obesity is The Hunger Problem

Rick Santorum: Eliminate Food Stamps b/c Obesity is The Hunger Problem

Ahem. This is offensive and ignorant on so many levels. It isn’t just a distasteful opinion, it is sheer distortion of factual information on the causes of hunger, the rates of hunger, the role of food stamps and the economy. How could you elect a President who doesn’t understand the association of poverty, employment and […]

Rick Perry Approves This Message Insulting Soldiers and Christians

Rick Perry Approves This Message Insulting Soldiers and Christians

httpv://youtu.be/0PAJNntoRgA “I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. As President, I’ll end Obama’s war on […]

Its Hard To Be a Gay

Its Hard To Be a Gay

Dear Lord … try reading this story from the Post-Gazette about the battle between a dead woman’s wife and her parents for $41,000. It is like a Law & Order/Harry’s Law mashup, with a heavy dose of Vatican Court thrown in for good measure. This is where the battle over DOMA takes us … into […]

Jenkintown, PA Passes Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

Jenkintown, PA Passes Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

Jenkintown Borough in Montgomery County (PA – East) has passed an inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance, per the Philly.com blog. This marks the 25th Pennsylvania Municipality to extend these protections based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Here is a complete list of the 25 as well as the most significant of those who do […]

Barney Frank to Retire

Barney Frank to Retire

read more in the Washington Post. 16 terms is a lot of public service.  this could be a shift in the number of openly LGBT men and women in Congress.

The Current Status of Equality Legislation in Pennsylvania

I grabbed this snippet summary from HRC: In May, Pennsylvania House Bill  1434 was introduced which would propose and amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution reading:” Marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent […]

Anti-Discrimination Protections in Whitemarsh Township

Anti-Discrimination Protections in Whitemarsh Township

Congratulations to the residents, elected officials and advocates in Montgomery County’s Whitemarsh Township for establishing discrimination protections for their residents.  Springfield and Lower Merion also recently enacted such ordinances for the protections of their residents’ rights to housing, employment and public accomodation. I believe that brings the statewide total up to 18 municipalities?  Here’s a […]

New Directions – Closing Chapter of PghLesbian.com?

New Directions – Closing Chapter of PghLesbian.com?

You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged very often in 2011. Other issues, other projects and … a waning interest. I didn’t vote in November. I am starting to question some of my core beliefs and where I fit in the political continuum. I suspect slighty left and down if it is a three […]

Occupy Pittsburgh #occupypgh

Occupy Pittsburgh #occupypgh

So today I went downtown to catch up with OccupyPgh at Market Square. I had originally hoped to walk over and catch up with the march, but that didn’t work out. I’ll load my photos and tweets tomorrow. Random observations Crowd estimated by City police to be 1500 to 2000. Other assessments from 400 to […]