PA Senator introducing gay marriage banning amendment

[luluisme]

Ok, don't everybody panic. Amendments to ban gay marriage in PA have failed twice before. Noting also that gay marriage is illegal here (just not constitutionally enshrined.).

Pa. senator prepares new bill to ban gay marriageAlso, philly.com reports that our amendment process is similar to Iowa in that we need two consecutive state legislatures to

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[dpfesh]

I'll try and remember to poke my senators tonight.

and who the heck are the fucktards that keep trying to pass this shit. Mer. Mer i says.

[luluisme]

>> who the heck...
I decided that was a good question. So, I looked up this Eichelberger guy. Repub in a repub district. Standard evil platform. But get a load of this blog post he wrote from Tuesday. Cracks Me Up!
I hope that everyone who has the interest to read my blog voted today provided that you are old enough and not a convicted felon.
~jaw drops~ :O lol
Ok, Senator. Because it's so easy for convicted felons to vote in PA! Right! Gotcha. Maybe he was being silly. Somehow it doesn't seem that way though.

And... oh gods! I just noticed that the banner at the top of blog says: Eichelblog.

So... supports evil policies. Weird ideas about voter fraud. Aaaand a word dork.

So, there you have it. That's who's trying to pass this shit.

[dpfesh]

Yay thanks for the more info (and the reply to my comments, so i got an email reminding me to do this!)

Have sent email to both my sentators. I basically copied yew (coz i'm lazy, meh)

But i added:
I personally am a "queer" girl who happens to be in a lifetime committed relationship with a "queer" boy - and i don't want to get married - even though we legally could - because I don't think it's fair that some of my people i love & care about are unable to get married. Please don't take our state backwards in supporting this ridiculous ban.

[luluisme]

Studies show that people who says Studies Show Teh Gays R Bad For Kidz don't actually bother to support those statements with actual research.

Right. So, assuming there's valid research (which is a bit of an assumption) from which Mr. Horrible-Slick was referring, yes, almost certainly said research wasn't set up to compare gay vs. straight households. And you're probably right that he's probably referring to single parent household research. But you know what? Lots of people do _fine_ in single parent households. How insulting is that to them?

I just did a quick google of "gay parenting research" and came up with this article from the American Psychologists Association:
The kids are all right - Research shows that families headed by gay and lesbian parents are as healthy as traditional families, but misperceptions linger. They refer in that article to this research: (abstract only is free) Psychosocial Adjustment, School Outcomes, and Romantic Relationships of Adolescents With Same-Sex Parents (Abstract) - The sample sizes were

[dimers]

Me not being in PA anymore, I can't help with this, but I wanted to say ... thanks for continuing to update on what's happening politically, where it comes from, and what us Ordinary People can do about it, all calmly and yet punctually. That's awesome. And it's gotten me to take action on some national issues, which is no small accomplishment. *hugs* and stuff, too!

[luluisme]

:)
>> And it's gotten me to take action on some national issues, which is no small accomplishment.

That's wonderful! I like to think that all the little bits of citizen protest added together move things a little bit more in the right direction.