You probably heard this.  The California Supreme Court upheld Prop 8, but also said that existing same sex marriages are valid. Tune in here for the latest responses from the LGBTQ community and leaders.  Here are photos from the protest.  Simply outrageous that voters can strip minority groups of their rights.  Have we learned nothing from history?  […]

The Post-Gazette editors remind you that recycling the “marriage amendment” is getting tiresome. Conservative lawmakers in the General Assembly are always trying to save the institution of marriage from an imagined horror. This year is no different. Although marriage suffers its greatest damage when heterosexuals divorce, the threat is always identified as gays wanting to […]

Well, I've gone six days without meat and it hasn't been too bad.  It was easy enough to substitute shrimp when dining out and one of our meals was at The Quiet Storm which has delicious veggie options.  I had a falafel with chick peas as the protein.  Otherwise, I had a veggie omelet, cheese […]

Joseph Kowalksi of North Huntington has had a letter to the editor about LGBT equality published each year at this time.  Today's letter reminds Post-Gazette readers that marriage equality in Massachusetts has wrought no harm.  In fact, as we've pointed out before, it has generated a heck of a lot of revenue for the state […]

Sarah Springer MD uses a lovely PG article on foster parenting to point out that many different types of families can provide loving supportive homes for children in need. Here's the whole letter. Parental love What a wonderful story on Mother's Day; Benedictine Sisters Audrey Quinn and Susan Fazzini deserve the thanks and admiration of […]

From The Philly Gay News I learned that two openly gay candidates were successful in their bid for office. Common Pleas Court Judge Dan Anders, who became the first openly gay male on the bench in Pennsylvania when Gov. Rendell appointed him to fill a vacancy in 2007, captured about 7 percent of the vote […]