David at 2PJs put together a nice post on this waffle ...Santorum had signed a pledge not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation in employment matters.  Now he's withdrawing his signature.

But there's more to the story ...

According to Gay City News, it was a staffer who signed the original document.  The issue is not homosexuality but the inclusion of gender identity.  Rick doesn't want to hire trannies.  Shocker!

Santorum?s out gay communications director, Robert Traynham, said that the statement was signed by an aide on Santorum?s behalf under the misapprehension that it was ?consistent with our office manual,? which he said does ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but not gender identity or expression.

Traynham said they have ?legal issues? with the inclusion of protections for people of transgender experience. ?It is not something we would accept,? he said, adding that Santorum still does not believe federal law should protect people based on sexual orientation.

When he says "legal issues," Santorum's spokesfag really means reelection issues.  Thankfully, they have a lot of fodder for their hate campaign what with all the immigrants to persecute so Pennsylvania's transsexual community is safe.  For now. 

Its good to know the Senator's signature means something.  Click on the image to see the original document.

Some local ladies you gotta love:

The anti-war nuns in the North Hills:

They carry signs and march along the roadside, but their resemblance to stereotypical protesters ends there.

These antiwar activists are middle-age and older Catholic nuns who can be seen every Monday on Babcock Boulevard in McCandless, holding signs that read "Honk for Peace," "Sisters for Peace" or "Peace not War."

On Monday, more than 100 members of Sisters of Divine Providence marched in front of their motherhouse, Providence Heights.

They get a lot of honks from passersby, some of whom honk if they are late arriving on scene.  These are some cool ladies!

In other cool chick news of interest, an eight year old Brownie is being honored by the Girl Scouts for rescuing her three year old cousin who fell into a pond.

Guinevere Deroy was worried the fish might bite her toes, but that didn't stop her from jumping into a lake when her 3-year-old cousin fell out of a paddle boat.

For her heroism, the 8-year-old Emsworth girl will receive a medal of honor from the Girl Scouts, becoming one of the youngest recipients to receive the Lifesaving Award, according to the Girl Scouts.

Guinevere, sweetie, you rock! 

Both these stories are the sort of good news you need to get your day started. 

Shame on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette! You have dropped the ball by failing to once again keep your readers informed of the slightest allusion to homosexuality in contemporary movies.  What the hell kind of bastion of morality are you folks running over there?

David A. Smith of McMurray read a Post-Gazette movie review and dutifully loaded up the spawn for a night out at the movies.  He was horrified - appalled even -- to see man-kissing! 

Absolutely nothing was mentioned about the gay relationship of the French driver or the full extended lip-to-lip kiss between Will and the French guy. We had to get up and leave. Don't you think family film reviews should share this info with the parents?

Having yet to see the movie (love John C. Reilly myself), I can only speculate as to the nature of the "lip-to-lip" kiss BUT I'm guessing Will Ferrel's character ain't gay and the scene is played for one of those "uh oh" moment laughs.  Just my hunch.  There is probably a world of difference between this man kiss and, say, the tent scene in Brokeback Mountain. I could be wrong. 

Regardless, David A. Smith of McMurray is a full out hate-wielding, homo-loathing, child-perverting bigot.  Oh, I'm sure he comes across as a nice enough guy who just wishes the homos would crawl under some rocks rather than actually signing us up for the reeducation camps.  He probably doesn't keep a picture of a fetus on his desktop, but he may be attending the upcoming Focus on the Family rally. 

But his self-righteous indignation is a load of crap for two reasons.

First of all, the Post-Gazette is not responsible for full-disclosure on potential homoerotic content in movies.  In spite of what Ruth Ann Dailey might think.  If you want someone to filter out the movies with gay content, surf on over to one of the wingnut websites where you can get your fill of rants on the downfall of contemporary culture.  Even the Pittsburgh Catholic has movie reviews. 

Second, you are a stupid hypocrit for moaning about a quasi-gay kiss when the paper DID clearly indicate that there is sexualized content in the movie

 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, drug references and comic violence.
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly.
Director: Adam McKay.
Web site: www.sonypictures.com
/movies/talladeganights
Family Film Guide: 'Talladega Nights'

Crude and sexual humor.  Language, Drug References.  So that's all okay viewing for the fruit of your loins, but one kiss is not.  Guess what dude?  Let's put your high-horse right back in the stable where it belongs because you have no legs to stand on.  You are the one choosing to expose your family to adult content so you need to take responsibility for your parenting choices instead of blaming the local newspaper. 

What an idiot!