[Tribune7]

Saying people are being pressured into supporting this is like saying people are being pressured into opposing it.

Saying no means nothing gets done.

If Chris or anybody can get a better bill introduced all the power to him.

But until that happens Let's go SB1.

That, btw, doesn't mean we can't read the bill and look to improve it over the course of the process.

[TAdams8591]

"Saying people are being pressured into supporting this is like saying people are being pressured into opposing it."

Not the same AT ALL. National Groups and the PA Commonwealth Foundation, as well as the legislators and one or two "Tea Party Activists," wanted Tea Party and other conservative grassroots groups to rubber stamp SB1 with no discussion or objections, without even asking their opinion.

Friends column is a response to the above effort and has inspired further discourse and thought on the issue. He put the "pressure" where it rightfully belongs on Piccola and Williams, the legislators who are sponsoring this horrible bill. One or two groups supported Friends column by forwarding it to those in their Tea Party organization, hardly "pressure" and certainly not comparable to the efforts brought to bear on Tea Party and Conservative Organizations to rubberstamp SB1.

It is unwise for the Party to take small, incremental steps, and support the passage of a bad bill, when it is in a position to take larger steps and get a better one. REPUBLICANS in this state, were the overwhelming victors in November. And they'd better start acting like it.