PA SJC vote TOMORROW (16 MAR 10) to amend PA Constitution to ban same-sex marriage

Urgent! The PA State Senate Judiciary Committee is voting tomorrow (16 MAR 2010) on SB 707. Anti-LGBT Senator John Eichelberger, who last year made headlines for saying that he is "allowing them (LGBT couples) to exist," is the leader of this effort to put discrimination into the PA Constitution. If he wins, it will send a message throughout PA and across the nation that bigotry is acceptable and legal.

Keystone Equality has a handy form you can use to write to the PA State Senate Judiciary Committee (including the opportunity to add your own message) and urge them not to use our state Constitution to unfairly deny rights to tax-paying PA citizens with SB 707 at

http://www.keystoneprogress.org/page/speakout/pasb707

If you live in PA, please let them hear from you!!

THANKS!

I'm skeptical that such an amendment stands a chance at passing at a time when some gay rights supporters in PA are feeling bold enough to propose legalizing gay marriage in the state senate (which is heavily gerrymandered in the GOP's favor).

They'll have a much more difficult time getting it through the PA house, I'm 99% certain that they've rejected it before, and democrats currently control the chamber (though narrowly).

More info: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/03/senate-panel-in-pennsylvania-tables-samesex-marriage-bill.html

Thank you, PA Senators!!!

:woohoo:

Good to see some common sense prevailing in Pennsylvania!:woohoo:

I figured the bill didn't stand a chance if it had been killed before in the legislature. PA may have the second highest percentage of senior citizens in their state, but polls surprisingly show support for gay marriage within 6 percentage points of hitting the 50% mark there.