Dangerous Bill That May Force Shuls And Yeshivas To Hire Gay Rabbis In Pennsylvania

Section of the bill that could force Yeshivas to hire Gays (even "married" ones) who flaunt it to children (underlined portion is what the bill adds to the current law)   notice how they didn't include "gender identity or expression" in number 3

In regard to employment, this bill provides no religious exemptions for religious individuals, or religious organizations regarding LGBT.

This is where the bill forces religious institutions to hire gays.  If the bill would not have added the words "sexual orientation, gender identity or expression" in this paragraph the only change would have been that religious, fraternal, charitable, sectarian corporations, and associations would have been exempted!

This is bill could try and force the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia to hire a "married" gay "Rosh Yeshiva"

 there are more evil things in this bill that we plan to report on soon.


If you live in Pennsylvania call your state Representatives to vote against House/Senate Bill 300
If you have any friends or relatives in Pennsylvania ask them to do so. 

Unfortunately the Republican Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Corbett supports this evil bill!

Pennsylvania Governor Supports Anti-Bias Bill

By JON HURDLE

Published: December 18, 2013

PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania has thrown his support behind a state bill that would ban discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, adding unexpected support from a Republican who once said gay marriage was the equivalent of a brother marrying a sister.

Matt Rourke/Associated Press

Gov. Tom Corbett, up for re-election next year, is trailing his challengers in the polls.

Mr. Corbett, in an interview on Tuesday with The Philadelphia Inquirer, said he would back House Bill 300, which would outlaw discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. 

(NYT)

Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Refuses To Defend Law Against Same Gender "Marriage"

Kathleen Kane who refuses to do her job in defending the state of Pennsylvania's laws

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's elected attorney general said Thursday that she will not defend a 17-year-old state law effectively banning same-sex "marriage" from a legal challenge in federal court, meaning the task will be left up to Gov. Tom Corbett.

In a brief statement to reporters and a small crowd of supporters at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Attorney General Kathleen Kane said that she cannot "ethically" defend the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's marriage law and that she believes it to be "unconstitutional".

"Today, the attorney general chooses to protect all those without high-priced lawyers, all those who suffer "discrimination" and "inequality", those thousands of families who have been denied of the "dignity" and "respect" that the constitution protects and guarantees in "marriage equality"," Kane said. "Today we represent everyone who does not have representation."

Kane, a Democrat who supports same-sex "marriage", said the state and U.S. Constitution each stress equal protection under the law. The job of defending the law now falls to Corbett, a Republican who opposes same-sex "marriage".

He and Kane were both named in a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday seeking to legalize same-sex "marriage" in Pennsylvania and require the state to recognize the "marriages" of same-sex couples who wed in other jurisdictions.

Corbett has not said whether he will fight the lawsuit, but his general counsel, James Schultz, attacked Kane in a statement.

"We are surprised that the attorney general, contrary to her constitutional duty ... has decided not to defend a Pennsylvania statute lawfully enacted by the General Assembly, merely because of her personal beliefs," Schultz said.

Longtime lawyers for the state Legislature said they could not think of another time when an attorney general refused to defend a state law because they questioned its constitutionality. Meanwhile, House Speaker Sam Smith, R-Jefferson, and 23 other House Republicans issued a letter to Kane, saying they were troubled by her decision and urged her to reconsider. Still, Senate Republican leaders were quiet and no one issued an immediate threat to seek a court order forcing Kane to defend the lawsuit.

Under Pennsylvania law, it is the attorney general's duty to defend the constitutionality of state laws. But the law also says the attorney general may allow lawyers for the governor's office or executive-branch agencies to defend a lawsuit if it is more efficient or in the state's best interests.

Kane argued in a separate statement that professional conduct rules make it an "ethical" obligation to withdraw from a case in which a lawyer has a fundamental disagreement with the client.

The Office of General Counsel, which is under the governor, is accustomed to handling the state's legal affairs and routinely hires outside lawyers to either defend state laws or prosecute lawsuits.

For instance, the office is helping in the defense of Pennsylvania's year-old voter identification law and it handled Corbett's anti-trust lawsuit, now thrown out of federal court, seeking to undo the NCAA sanctions against Penn State relating to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

Pennsylvania is the only northeastern state that does not allow same-sex "marriage" or "civil unions", and Kane's stance is unlikely to change opinions in a Republican-controlled Legislature where resolutions to insert a constitutional ban on same-sex "marriages" have made more progress in recent years than bills to legalize them.

The state Republican and Democratic parties quickly tangled over Kane's position. GOP chairman Rob Gleason attacked Kane as "blatantly politicizing" the attorney general's office, while Democratic Party chairman Jim Burn applauded her "courageous and firm stand against a law with little merit."

Trends in Pennsylvania show increasing support for same-sex "marriage". A January poll by Quinnipiac University  of 1,221 registered voters found 47 percent support it and 43 percent oppose it, with voters ages 18 to 34 supporting it, 68 percent to 25 percent.

Lawyers in the case believe it is ultimately bound for the U.S. Supreme Court, probably along with similar cases in other states, and could force the high court to rule on the core question of whether it is unconstitutional to deny same-sex "couples" the "right" to "marry".

It was not, however, prompted by the high court's pair of decisions three weeks ago that delivered two victories for same-sex "marriage" supporters.

Pennsylvania's 1996 state law defines marriage as a civil contract in which a man and a woman take each other as husband and wife. The state also does not allow civil unions or recognize same-sex "marriages" from other states where it is legal.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is co-counsel in the lawsuit, welcomed the decision.

"This is a huge boost," said Pennsylvania staff attorney Mary Catherine Roper. "You've got the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth saying, 'You're right. This is not legal.' I think it's a sign that things are changing."

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are a "widow" of a woman who died in May after they were legally "married" in Massachusetts, 10 "couples" and one of the "couples"' two teenage "daughters". The group includes four "couples" who were legally married in other states. Same-sex "marriage" is legal or soon will be in 13 states.