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:Eric Ethington (Author) | January 28, 2009
Stolen directly from Curtis Haring’s blog, this is the a copy of the text from the homepage of the new formed SarahPAC, with Haring’s own comments added. ———————————————————————————————– So here is, word for word,what the website states – with my own commentary thrown in: SarahPAC believes America’s best days are ahead (because the last eight [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 27, 2009
Today the Utah Senate Judiciary Interim Committee denied the first of the Common Ground Initiative bills, proposing wrongful death benefits for same-sex couples 4 to 2. The committee, led by such high-public names like Michael Waddoups and Chris Buttars heard extensive argument about the (very familiar) slippery slope that these rights may land the legislature [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 24, 2009
Today, hundreds of Utahns marched from Washington Square in SLC up State St to the Capitol Building in support of the “Common Ground Initiative.” The weather? Not the most pleasant, freezing rain coming down the whole time, but it failed to stop the enthusiasm as marchers chanted the full 7 block march. Jacob Whipple, who [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 22, 2009
Senator Chris Buttars Eric Ethington and Elaine Ball Some of you may know that I am the founder of the group PRIDE In Your Community, a LGBTQ and ally group that performs community service projects in an attempt to bridge the gap between the LGBTQ community and the rest of Utah. This past Saturday, Jan [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 16, 2009
I found this story today about the LDS church’s financial involvement in Prop 8, it’s extremely well done. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWCum9yQhTg&eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 14, 2009
Just one month after gay-rights advocates announced plans for all of New England to have Gay Marriage on the books by 2012, Maine has joined the long list of states with Same-Sex Marriage bills coming up for votes. Senator Dennis Damon proposed the new bill, saying that after watching the results of [Maine's] domestic registry, “it [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 11, 2009
Congrats to “Utahns For Marriage Equality” for their successful rally at Delicate Arch in behalf of the Common Grounds Initiative! Full story and video are at: http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8229701&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 10, 2009
In Gainesville Florida, several groups are attacking the new city protections that allow for Transgendered individuals to use whichever restroom (at public places) they are most comfortable with. Relatively, it would seem to me that although this protection is very important to Transgender individuals, it should be, for the most part, a non-issue for others. [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 9, 2009
As many of you may be aware, I signed up about a month ago to receive the American Family Association’s email newsletter for ideas on articles. Below is a copy of today’s newsletter. – Eric ——————————————————————————————- PepsiCo gives $1,000,000 to help promote the gay agenda Company forces employees to attend sexual orientation classes January 8, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 8, 2009
The group “Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays” released an article on Jan 6th saying that a recent study conducted by San Francisco State University on the link between gay teens who turn suicidal when parents reject them is just an attempt to promote “Gay Affirmation.” “The way in which parents or guardians respond to a [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.