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The headline is a bit misleading, but the Post-Gazette's Mackenzie Carpenter has a good piece on recent legal action involving anonymous comments. I thought it worth examining. We are a tiny blip in the Burghosphere. Not much commenting, but most of it is anonymous. Our comment feature can be tricky to use so I suspect […]
I was contacted by a board member with the Steel City Stonewall Democrats regarding an earlier post in which I criticized Dan Onorato for failing to answer the SCSD question on domestic partner benefits. SCSD acknowledged that they made an error uploading the file and sent me evidence that in the original question, Onorato responded […]
Pennsylvania has been part of history this week with a groundswell of action to successfully squelch the Marriage Protection Amendment (plus, our own Pgh Blog for Equality). Yeah, us! Today, eyes turned first to the Internet, then DC, then more to DC and now as I type … across the nation. The day started with […]
Bilerico has asked bloggers to “swarm” around ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. House Speaker Pelosi is holding up this legislation which would provide employment protections based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Why We Need To Demand ENDA Now We know that Speaker Pelosi is sympathetic to our cause. Clearly, she needs encouragement, […]
The candidates questionnaires are up at the Liberty City Democratic Club site. I like how they handle this – all of the candidates in each race are listed so you can see clearly which candidates took the time to respond and which did not. Now granted they misspelled his name, but how can Arlen Specter […]
Hey, always nice to be promoted by other blogs. The Pennsylvania Progressive published a guest post about a Pgh queer perspective on Onorato. Check it out. You probably won't be surprised 🙂
A marriage amendment has sprung up again in Pennsylvania. Its any easy way to pander to the right-wing conservatives who seem to populate this state. As has been practiced throughout history, fear is always a great way for a politician to get points with the constituents. I have been reading a great book about […]
I don't think there's much I can add on the “Marriage Protection” amendment that I haven't covered in the past 4+ years. You have the contact information. We need you to call today. Today is the day. Sunday, I woke up at 7:30 AM, let out the dogs, put on the coffee and grabbed the […]
The Liberty City Democratic Club endorsement is just around the corner 2010 Primary Candidate Nights Candidates for the 2010 Primary are invited to address our membership at the following meetings: Thursday March 18th – US Congress, State Representatives Monday March 22nd – Governor, Lt. Governor, State Senate, US Senate Contact Matthew Woodcock, Chair of the […]
Reminder to log in tomorrow to see what the blogosphere has to say about the PA “Marriage Amendment.” I do not know how many blogs are participating, but I hope we can count on your support. Please consider updating your Facebook status or Twitter status and it would be great if you change your Facebook […]
