March For Equality Rally, 11.15.08 Eric Ethington
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 28, 2008
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PUSH FOR GAY RIGHTS HAS REACHED….SOUP?
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 28, 2008
As some people may be aware, giant soup company Campbell recently started advertising in gay media, like The Advocate. The advertisements were like any other niche-style marketing campaign, and featured Chef Lea Forant with her son Eli and her partner Carolyn. But even something this simple, has drawn the attention of the Christian-Conservative group American [...]
Senator Orrin Hatch Supports Gay Marriage?
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 26, 2008
In a recent posting on his weblog, Salt Lake Tribune writer Robert Gerhke wrote: “I could be bitter. I seem to have been left of Sen. Orrin Hatch’s Christmas-card list this year. I’m told his staff even got copies of his new Christmas album. But super-secret sources leaked me a copy of the card that [...]
Gay Rights Gain Ground With the UN Vote
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 21, 2008
The United States, specifically the Bush Administration drew world-wide criticism again this past Thursday (12/18/08) as it refused to endorse the declaration put forward by France seeking to decriminalize homosexuality in the world. According to the NY Times, Rama Yade the French state secretary for human rights, and Maxime Verhagen,the Dutch foreign minister spoke out [...]
Orson Scott Card Shows Us How To Discriminate and Feel Good
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 18, 2008
In a recent article posted on the Mormon Times titled “Disagree, but don’t be unkind” Orson Scott Card again tried to define specifically why the LDS or Mormon church is opposed to Marriage Equality and homosexuality in general. He also added some personal examples detailing how he himself is definitely not a bigot or discriminatory. [...]
THE MOMENT HAS COME
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 16, 2008
My name is Eric Ethington, and I am here for you. Our country is on the brink of an extraordinary moment, where people of all classes, ethnic groups, colors and identities come together at once to say, “Enough!” We have a progressive African-American President Elect waiting to take office; we have a Senate and House [...]
"Following Blindly" by Travis Horlacher
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 15, 2008
This was sent to me by Travis Horlacher, asking me to post it here. Feel free to post comments and I’ll forward them to him. -Eric ——————————————————————————————— I understand that you can actually feel that you are not following blindly because you are on the inside just like I was at one point in my [...]
New Jersey Commission says YES to Gay Marriage
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 11, 2008
The New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission has announced that New Jersey Legislators should pass a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, stating that “This commission finds that the separate categorization established by the Civil Union Act invites and encourages unequal treatment of same-sex couples and their children.” Surprisingly, the commission reached this decision unanimously, [...]
Religious Leaders Condemn the Vatican and the United States
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 11, 2008
In a joint statement on Dec 10th, 2008 the following was released in response to the UN resolution to decriminalize homosexuality (see http://ethingtoneric.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/un-to-vote-on-gay-rights-us-stays-silent/) by Reverend Rebecca Voelkel, Institute for Welcoming Resources and faith work director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Harry Knox, director of Religion and Faith Program of the Human Rights [...]
UN To Vote On Gay Rights, U.S. Stays Silent
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 10, 2008
During a UN session between Dec 15th and 20th, the United Nations General Assembly is expected to table for the first time ever a declaration that would decriminalize homosexuality in all member nations. The declaration is being put forward by France, after a big push by French Gay Rights and Black activist Louis-Georges Tin (http://www.idahomophobia.org). [...]
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