Elena Kagan's nomination drew fire from Republicans because of her controversial decison around Don't Ask, Don't Tell while at Harvard. 

Speaking of Kagan, here's some footage courtesy of the Bilerico Project of wing-nut hater extraordinaire, Tony Perkins, testifying against here.  Why isn't he building a soup kitchen or something? 

Pam has a rather depressing analysis of the crumbs tossed by the White House and a sound ass-whipping for the gay apologists aka The Pink Beltway.  Maybe we could do something with that here in Pgh given our Belt System ... the Pink Belt?  I like it!  Onorato and his Pink Belt.  Sounds like a 1950's ladies undergarment for our "special time" of the month.  LOL.

We might have a state budget. It is depressing b/c when the feds don't come through, human services could take fatal blows to funding.  So line up, private citizens, because your poor and unwanted will need all that extra money you have from taxes that aren't raised.  Ha.

Fourth of July plans?  We are having a cook out tonight and tomorrow I will be in my idea of hell -- trapped on a river cruise for multiple hours to watch fireworks.  What we do for our loved ones.  Ah, love ...

Your search feature is not working. It brings up stories from three months ago with the current date.  I have emailed and called repeatedly to no avail. If you can post about the blog changing, you can post about the status of your search feature. 

It is embarrassing that the Trib trounces you in terms of technology.  Do you seriously expect me to renew my PG+ membership if I can't even search for an article?

Sincerely,

Sue

ps:  I called 311, too. 

From The New York Times ...

A public law school did not violate the First Amendment by withdrawing recognition from a Christian student group that excluded gay students, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 5-to-4 decision.

The case, involving a clash between religious freedom and antidiscrimination principles, divided along familiar ideological lines, with the court's four more liberal members and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in the majority.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the majority, said it was constitutionally permissible for public institutions of higher education to require recognized student groups to accept all students who wished to participate in them.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the four dissenters, said the decision represented a triumph for the principle that there is "no freedom for expression that offends prevailing standards of political correctness in our country's institutions of higher learning."

Strike another blow against the ongoing attemps to pit equal rights for the LGBTQ community against "religious freedom" in the public realm.  Religious freedom is always limited in public institutions, but that very freedom permits individuals and groups to set up their own private religious institutions.  You can't have it all ways.