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October 11, 2013 7:04 pm | By Diallo Brooks
Continuing the Fight for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
With so many distractions these days, from an ongoing government shutdown, to debt limit deadlines, you can imagine how easy it may be for other issues to go by the wayside. That’s why it’s increasingly important that we keep pressing…
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October 11, 2013 3:41 pm | By Jen Herrick
Honoring Matthew Shepard means remembering all those silenced by hate
October 7 marked the 15th anniversary of Aaron Kreifels finding Matthew Shepard clinging to life in a field outside Laramie, Wyoming. Tomorrow, October 12, marks 15 years since his untimely death. Those who don't know his story should see The…
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October 11, 2013 2:09 pm | By Miranda Blue
Maddow Uses Right Wing Watch Research For Report On Religious Right In Russia
Last night, Rachel Maddow aired a segment on the American Religious Right’s involvement in shaping Russia’s anti-gay laws, crediting Right Wing Watch’s research. She also calls out prominent GOP politicians for their support of the National Organization for Marriage, whose…
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October 10, 2013 4:43 pm | By Jen Herrick
Does your mayor support the freedom to marry?
Though the Supreme Court rulings in June marked significant progress, there is still much work to be done in the fight for marriage equality. More than 350 mayors nationwide have joined our friends at Freedom to Marry in that fight.…
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October 8, 2013 9:30 pm | By Layne Amerikaner
PFAW and Allies Rally for Democracy at the Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court heard arguments today in McCutcheon v. FEC – a campaign finance case in which the Court will decide whether to strike down overall limits on direct political contributions – a great crowd of PFAW and allies…
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October 8, 2013 7:19 pm | By Paul Gordon
What Universe Is the Roberts Court Living In?
During today's oral arguments on the McCutcheon money in politics case, there was an exchange that demonstrated that the conservative Justices live in another universe, and their rulings are based on a view of the world that bears little resemblance…
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October 8, 2013 2:36 pm | By Diallo Brooks
Voucher Programs Still Don’t Make the Grade for Students, Parents and Taxpayers
Conservatives have long touted the game-changing impact that voucher and similar taxpayer funded K-12 school tuition programs have on improving educational success, but as you peel back the layers we find lackluster results at best. A recent Politico article shines…
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October 7, 2013 8:10 pm | By Paul Gordon
Cuccinelli Fails at the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied Ken Cuccinelli's bid to enforce Virginia's law criminalizing “sodomy,” despite a landmark 2003 Supreme Court case striking such laws down. The Virginia Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate has been seeking to use the “sodomy”…
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October 7, 2013 5:20 pm | By Jen Herrick
Matthew Shepard calls upon us to Imagine
Fifteen years ago today, on October 7, 1998, Aaron Kreifels found Matthew Shepard clinging to life in a field outside Laramie, Wyoming. Unfortunately, Shepard lost that battle five days later. What resulted was a rallying cry for the LGBT equality…
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October 7, 2013 4:29 pm | By Paul Gordon
Watch Out, the Roberts Court is Back in Session
Today is the first Monday in October, which means the United States Supreme Court is beginning a new term. The term that ended in June, though it had a couple of bright spots, was mostly more of what we have…
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October 4, 2013 9:12 pm | By admin
Lehigh Tea Party Commissioner Tom Creighton Compares Same-Sex Partners to Pets
By Jodi Not to be outdone by PA's Department of Health and Human Services recently comparing gay and lesbian couples to 12-year-olds, Lehigh County PA Tea Party Commissioner Tom Creighton Wednesday explained his opposition to an initiative to expand benefits…
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October 4, 2013 8:51 pm | By Scott
Corbett Forced To Apologize After Comparing Same-Sex Marriage To Sibling Incest
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett hasn’t been helping his own approval ratings lately. A Corbett administration legal brief filed on August 28th regarding the state’s same-sex marriage ban seemed to argue that same-sex marriage is analogous to the marriage of two…
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October 3, 2013 9:50 pm | By Paul Gordon
Dahlia Lithwick and Jamie Raskin Discuss New Supreme Court Term
Earlier today, PFAW hosted a telebriefing for our members on the upcoming Supreme Court term, featuring two of the nation's most respected progressive experts on the Court: Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor at Slate magazine, writes "Supreme Court Dispatches" and…
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October 3, 2013 5:12 pm | By Jen Herrick
Put this toolkit to good use and call your Senators today, “pass ENDA now!”
Update: With meetings in DC and calls coming in from across the country, ENDA supporters are sending a clear message to the Senate: pass ENDA now! It's not too late to join them. Take a look at our just-released toolkit…
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October 2, 2013 7:49 pm | By Jen Herrick
New documentary revisits the climate change we all should want
Last spring, PFAW staff members and friends attended a screening of Lee Hirsch's documentary, Bully, which tells the stories of young people bullied in school, the challenges they faced, the actions they took, and the lessons they teach us all.…
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October 2, 2013 3:06 pm | By Miranda Blue
People For the American Way and McAuliffe Campaign to Launch Major Spanish-Language Ad Buy in VA
TV Ad Campaign Will Highlight Ken Cuccinelli's Discriminatory Agenda & Career-Long Record of Divisive Rhetoric People For the American Way and Terry McAuliffe's campaign for Virginia governor will launch a major partnership next week to highlight McAuliffe’s commitment to making Virginia open…
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October 1, 2013 6:28 pm | By Libby
The Republican Electoral Rigging Plan Is Back
It’s all been quiet on the election-rigging front for a while—so quiet that you might have thought the Republicans’ plan to rig the electoral college had been quietly dropped. Sadly, that’s not the case. Florida state Rep. Ray Pilon introduced…
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October 1, 2013 5:50 pm | By Jen Herrick
PFAW Releases New Toolkit on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is civil rights legislation that would make it illegal to fire, refuse to hire, or refuse to promote employees because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Specifically, ENDA would expand current federal employment protections…
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October 1, 2013 4:45 pm | ByShutdown Isn’t Symptom of Tea Party Ideology, It IS Tea Party Ideology
It's easy to wonder how a group of people hired to do one job -- simply to keep a country running -- could be bungling it so terribly. That is, until you remember that a powerful faction of those people…
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September 30, 2013 4:51 pm | By Layne Amerikaner
New Poll Finds “Overwhelming Support” for ENDA
An “overwhelming majority” of Americans support federal legislation protecting LGBT people from workplace discrimination, new data from Republican pollster Alex Lundry finds – including a majority (56%) of Republican voters. In fact, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is so in…