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Federal Jury Decides in Favor of Scouts

OIA Staff — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:21:42 +0000

A federal jury Wednesday decided that the city violated the Boy Scouts’ First Amendment rights in using the organization’s anti-gay policy as a reason to evict them from their city-owned Logan Square offices. [ via Topix ] Read the full article @ Federal Jury Decides in Favor of Scouts Read more articles @ our blogBecome [...]

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Philly and Boy Scouts battle over gays

OIA Staff — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:27:58 +0000

Jury selection is under way in a gay-rights case involving the Boy Scouts and the city of Philadelphia. At issue is whether the local scouting council can stay in its city-owned headquarters essentially rent-free. The Boy Scouts of America has a national policy banning gays. Philadelphia says that policy violates city nondiscrimination rules. [ via [...]

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Is Gregg Kravitz Hiding His Heterosexuality to Win a Pennsylvania House Seat?

OIA Staff — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:46:54 +0000

In Pennsylvania’s House race, Philadelphia’s Democratic incumbent Rep. Babette Josephs is claiming her opponent is, in fact, a heterosexual. And is lying about being bi. On the campaign trail, Josephs’ challenger Gregg Kravitz, 29, is a proud bisexual man. But Josephs, 70, says that’s just a ploy to attract LGBT voters. And by anyone’s recollection, [...]

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ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction

OIA Staff — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:56:48 +0000

The most influential of all independent filmmakers is not Quentin Tarantino, but George A. Romero, who, with his Living Dead films (Night of the, Dawn of the, Day of, Land of and Diary of, with more to follow) has established the go-to metaphor for low budget filmmakers, that being a zombie standing in for the [...]

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This Week in HIV/AIDS News

OIA Staff — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:25:11 +0000

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Cézanne’s Only In Philly

OIA Staff — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:47:50 +0000

Plan A Parisian Adventure In Philly From Start To Finish Art lovers eager to visit Philadelphia for the Cézanne and Beyond exhibition-making its exclusive world appearance at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through May 17, 2009-need look no further than gophila.com/cezanne, a specially created section on the Philadelphia region’s official tourism Web site that allows [...]

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