Patricia Weaver Pa family institute. Against! Consequences. Religious schools might not be able to discominate. Photographers might not be able to discriminate. Physicians might not be able to discriminate. Catholics might not be able to discriminate. Also, I'm now going to mischaracterize the law and break the 9th commandment. <Diane Gramley and Tony Perkins kin.  […]

Kishore Jayakumar High school student. Supports. Talks about how hard it is to be out in high school. Says is issue for mental health of county's youth. Like milk speech in real life. But not in Altoona. Really courageous kid! Big applause. <Ledcat has been saying for weeks that bringing in student speakers would be powerful.  […]

Adam is reporting that Rich Fitzgerald is saying the attendance is unprecedented.  At one point, the line to get into the room was 100 deep.  Good show, friends.

La'Tasha Mayes Black struggle is like gay struggle. Mlk is a natural ally. With new voices of Pittsburgh. Women of color for repoductive justice. Homophobia is like sexism or racism. Thanks amanda green. <La'Tasha was a speaker at the rally this past Saturday.> Alan Wakefield Always with the religious. Do people actually expect laws to […]

This came from a constituent of Councilman Gastgeb who wrote in favor of the ordinance. Thank you for taking the time to write. It is my understanding that the Bill will be going through some amendments over time. In addition, there is a public hearing scheduled for Thursday. With this as well as other anticipated […]

Please remember that Adam is using a smart phone to capture and send me these excerpts from the testimony from a standing room only room.  We will happily accept updates and corrections.  This afternoon, Gary Van Horn confirmed with the County that 80 speakers were set to address County Council on this topic.  I love […]

Reverend Janet Edwards Vote for the ordinance Am a christian. Greives that most of her peers oppose. 1. You're allowed to be angry, but you're not allowed to hurt. And gay people are hurt. They need protection. And anyway, religions are protected. So everyone claiming that it would make religions have to hire gay people […]

Over 80 speakers are lined up.  Adam and I are doing our best.  Well, I have the easy part. Peter Harvey, Fair Housing Partnership Fair housing partnership In favor of fair housing 😉 Talking about race, and how there are still problems. Loads of housing discrimination still. Including gays. Landlord “we don't rent to fags.”. […]

Christopher Hixson from the local blog After 8 Pgh is sending me posts from the Allegheny County hearing.  These are his interpretations and commentary.  Please email me any corrections on names and affiliations.  Great job, Christopher.     Testimony of John Michael Curlovich Says this meeting is déjà vu from city law. Filed first suit […]

The City Paper's Marty Levine does his usual excellent job with in-depth coverage of the recent Big Queer Rally. Levine focuses on how the crowd responded to the participation of so many local politicians that many interpreted as a strong show of support for the LGBT community. But it was the number of elected officials […]