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News Release
For Immediate Release: April 30, 2009
Contact: Diane Gramley 1.814.271.9078 or 1.814.437.5355

Tax Payer Dollars Used to Fund Homosexual Events and Organizations

(Philadelphia) As Harrisburg crunches the numbers in this economic downturn, will Governor Rendell and legislators remove the ‘pork’ from the budget that has been used to fund homosexual events and organizations. An investigation by the American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA) has revealed that since 2003 $325,000 has been given to Philadelphia’s Equality Forum through grants from the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). The most recent grant for $50,000 will go through June 30, 2010. Equality Advocates Pennsylvania, a homosexual legal organization, received $25,000 this year to help cover salary needs.

The 2008-09 budget is expected to reach a $2.3 billion shortfall by the end of the fiscal year. The proposed budget reduces funding for 346 programs and eliminates funding for 101 programs.

“The proposed budget shows a decrease in funding for the DCED, but where will the cuts actually occur? Will next year’s funds be used for real community and economic development or bogus economic development through grants to Equality Forum and Equality Advocates?” questioned Diane Gramley, President of the AFA of PA.

Equality Forum’s week-long event runs through this week and includes panel discussions about “same-sex families,” transgenderism, homosexual adoption, bisexuality and a religious colloquy with open homosexual Bishop V. Gene Robinson whose consecration by the Episcopal leadership has split that church. Equality Advocates Pennsylvania lobby against efforts to get a Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment before the people and lobby for special rights bills such as H.B. 300.

“Events and organizations that are pushing the normalization of this dangerous lifestyle should not be funded by our hard-earned tax dollars. Pennsylvanians are struggling to make ends meet and the misuse of our tax dollars in this way further show that the Governor and some legislators in Harrisburg are out of touch with everyday Pennsylvanians,” Gramley further commented.

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