A few days ago, I wrote a little chastisement of Reverend Burgess' vote for regulating the drilling for natural gas within the City in lieu of standing against it.  I received an off the record email from a Burgess supporter explaining the nuances of the law and the Council's ability to defend citizens in this […]

Tis tempting to tap into the oh-so-easy comparison of the Furry convention and the “National Right to Life” convention which winds up tomorrow.  The PG mentions a long-term pro-choice activist who is among the longest term attendees at this conference and has a mutually supportive 'right to protest' relationship with an anti-choice priest.  Good stuff. […]

Here it is: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is chipping away at his long list of promises to gay voters but has yet to earn the full-throated backing of the reliably Democratic voting bloc. The Obama White House has accomplished more than any other on gay rights, yet has drawn sharp criticism from an unexpected […]

A few things of interest … A gay pastor is coming to North Versailles to talk about his experiences being outsted and then reinstated in the Lutheran Church. Rev. Schmeling at 1 p.m. Saturday. He will also preach Sunday at 11 a.m. in St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Shadyside. Saturday's event, “Let the Whole Church Sing: […]

Their consensu is that the lack of footnotes precludes distinguishing children of legal citizens from children whose parents are not legal residents. Mr. Pearce is the author of the divisive Arizona law that puts local law enforcement officers in the unsuitable role of enforcing immigration controls, a federal responsibility. Now he wants to punish the […]

This is pretty amusing if banal. Religious structures, especially church steeples, are regularly zapped because they are often the highest point in a given area, according to John Jensenius, lightning safety specialist for the National Weather Service. But the same goes for towering secular symbols. “Oh, she's hit by lightning on a continual basis,” says […]

Honey, most of us play straight at least some part of every day.  Like when someone says 'are you married?” and I know it is not appropriate to disclose because it might interfere with the therapeutic or professional relationship. I play straight just fine.  Newsweek's openly gay columnist Ramin Setoodeh essentially says gay actors are not […]

I used to get up early and try to post something each day before heading out to work, but work has grown more demanding so I'm getting up earlier and heading straight there.  We've been understaffed and there's just a lot filling up my days — sometime, I can't even read the paper or <gasp> […]