Friday, January 16, 2009

Gay but Equal? A Pennsylvania Voice for Reason and Justice

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By MARY FRANCES BERRY for The New York Times: Philadelphia As the country prepares to enter the Obama era, anxiety over the legal status and...

An Open Letter To Evangelical Minister Rick Warren

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Can You Understand The Harm? Faith In America today released a series of videos and letters that it hopes will help Rev. Rick Warren and ot...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Conservative Evangelical Minister Praises GLBT Inclusivity

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MENDING FENCES from The Washington Post: The Rev. Rick Warren , the conservative evangelical minister who will deliver the invocation at the...

Southern Comfort - A Must-See Film

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Thought it came out in 2001, we wanted to bring this film to the attention of anyone who may not yet have heard of or seen it ... Beautiful!...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

As Economic Woes Encourage Rise of Hate Groups, Venango County Must Be Vigilant To Remain Open To Fairness and Equality For All

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The number of hate groups in the United States is on the rise, a trend that some see as directly correlated to the failing economy. from The...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Sin, Sex, and Democracy: Antigay Rhetoric and the Christian Right

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Sin, Sex, and Democracy: Antigay Rhetoric and the Christian Right , a powerful book by Cynthia Burack, Associate Professor of Women's St...

Christian Faith Should Be Based On Love, Not Hate

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Another in the Voices of Venango County series, this excerpted from a letter-to-the-editor in The Derrick, 5/7/04, by Trisha Balmer of Oil C...
Monday, January 12, 2009

National Equality Rally - May 3, 2009 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia

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from the Equality Forum : Just want to give you some info on the National Equality Rally ! That's right, there’s a rally in the works an...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

PFLAG Northwest Pennsylvania Meeting - Monday, January 12

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Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians & Gays - PFLAG Please join us at our Monthly Meeting for PFLAG Northwest Pennsylvania. Meet...

Third Highest Donor Against Marriage Equality in California Hails from Pennsylvania

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from Californians Against Hate , a web site that is helping the country to know who gave the $36 million to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaig...

Are Gay Opponents Like Segregationists?

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By John Corvino for 365gay.com : In terms of gay-rights progress, brace yourself for a difficult year. This is not because things are gettin...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Gay Children and Parental Rejection

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San Francisco State researcher Caitlin Ryan explains the importance behind a study linking suicide and drug use among gay children to parent...
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Friday, January 9, 2009

Author of the "Defense of Marriage Act" Calls for Repeal !!

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from Join The Impact : One week before our National DOMA protest , the waves of change are already starting to form! Bob Barr, the infamous ...

Will Those Who Promote Religion-based Bigotry in the U.S. Go as Far as Senegal to Persecute Gays? What Would Venango County Do?

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The jailing in Senegal of nine gay men for eight years over "indecent conduct and unnatural acts" has been condemned by an interna...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Truth About Homophobic Rick Warren

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Team Obama likes to cite Warren’s work on AIDS in Africa to combat criticism about the controversial pastor. But how does burning condoms in...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Words, Like Actions, Have Consequences

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Another in the Voices of Venango County series, excerpted from a letter-to-the-editor in The Derrick by Dean Hamer of Franklin/Washington, D...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Psychologist Way Off Base With View On Gay Marriages

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Another in the Voices of Venango County series, this excerpted from a letter by Carie Forden, Ph.D., of Oil City to The Derrick 6/8/06: (The...
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Monday, January 5, 2009

Students For Equality - Together As One on Jan. 27, 2009

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STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY JOIN TOGETHER IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT TOWARDS LGBT EQUALITY. On January 27th, 2009, high school and college...
Friday, January 2, 2009

Everyone Deserves Equality, Fairness and Respect

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Another in the Voices of Venango County series, this from David Martin of Oil City as excerpted from The Derrick 8/4/06 : According to seve...
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Are These the "Traditional Family Values" Promoted by the American "Family" Association of Pennsylvania?

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4 Accused of Raping Lesbian in Hate Crime from News Services: RICHMOND, Calif. -- Two men and two teenage boys have been arrested on suspici...

Stop Hate Crime in Pennsylvania

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By Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau: HARRISBURG -- Attack someone because of their skin color, religion or nation...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Big GLBTQ / Ally Rally in Pittsburgh Saturday Jan. 10 - We Need You Venango County!

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from Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents : Here's the scoop ... there's going to be a BIG QUEER RALLY on Saturday, January 10 from 2 -...

10 New Year's Resolutions for Fairness & Equality

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from Queerty : 'Tis the season to make promises to yourself. Whether it's losing weight, taking up scuba diving or calling your moth...