“Sodom and Gomorrah in Your Face” and Other Stupid Things Haters Say

Letter To The Editor Pittsburgh

We love letters to the editor and Pittsburgh has been unusually prolific of late.   Over at the Post-Gazette website you’ll find this dialogue unfolding, replete with LOTS of comments. Daniel J. Robinson of West Deer goes to bat for the Bible trumping the Constitution. He also seems to have missed a year or so of […]

Gay Marriage Between Two Corporations of the Same Sex

Changed Your Avatar? Next Step – Email Senator Casey

This post fuses two interesting themes. Did the great avatar swap on Facebook have any impact? US Senators are now coming out in support of marriage equality, 9 Democrats left.   So yes – you can demonstrate that changing your avatar had an impact, on you. How? By contacting US Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and […]

My Marriage Equality Icon for Facebook

 

Tonight – Rev Janet Edwards Leads Interfaith Worship Service “Lifting Up Marriage Equality With Prayer

“I am certain one theme in the Monday night event will be that whatever the SCOTUS does will be only a point on the arc of justice and definitely not the end point.” Tonight, an Interfaith prayer service will take place at the First United Methodist Church, 7 PM. (Aiken and Centre in Shadyside.) Worship […]

the coalition of people whose lives are ruined whenever other people are treated equally

This is amusing. I love the little girl’s eyes at the end. LOL

The Week in LGBTQ (March 3, 2013)

Brendon Ayanbadejo and Chris Kluwe submit pro-marriage Supreme Court brief – Outsports AndPittsburgh’s own Gene Collier weighs in on this: I’m pretty sure this ties Ayanbadejo and Kluwe for the league lead in amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court this offseason. RT @thinkprogress: 131 Republicans to SCOTUS: Marriage Equality will protect children. This has […]

When Do We Talk About Poverty in the LGBTQ Community?

It is only fitting that days after Amazon releases an “inclusive” commercial for their new Kindle, I am led to a series exploring the lives of transgender persons living on the brink (or deeply enmeshed in) poverty. The cause? Often related to their gender identity, especially in a fragile economy. “Transgender financial struggle: ‘How We […]

France National Assembly Paves Way for Marriage Equality, Adoption Equality

From the Washington Post: After months of philosophical debate and massive street demonstrations for and against, the French National Assembly on Tuesday authorized same-sex marriage and adoption by gay couples, despite France’s long history as a homeland for Roman Catholic tradition. The legislation, passed 329 to 229 with 10 abstentions, was France’s most far-reaching social […]

NBA Star Kenneth Faried “No One Can Tell Me I Can’t Have Two Mothers, Because I Really Do”

This is pretty amazing. It is so real and sincere and simple. He credits their love for each other for making him the man he is today. Faried is a forward with the Denver Nuggets. Colorado is in the middle of passing it’s civil unions legislation right now after tough loses the past few years. This is […]