Eric Ethington and PRIDEinUtah Named CNN's "Most Intriguing Person"
:
:
:Eric Ethington (Author) | February 22, 2009
In Basingstoke, England, Queen Mary’s College decided to put on a theatre production of “The Larmie Project,” a show about a man who is killed for his sexual orientation. The Westboro Baptist Church, based out of Topeka, Kansas decided that this was unacceptable. The church’s website (godhatesfags.com) called for a mass-protest of the play saying, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 20, 2009
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints released a statement today regarding Senator Chris Buttars’ statements on homosexuality made earlier this year. “From the outset, the Church’s position has always been to engage in civil and respectful dialogue on this issue. Senator Buttars does not speak for the Church.” This came from the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 20, 2009
Senate Leadership in Utah held a press conference this morning addressing the recent inflamatory remarks made by Senator Chris Buttars of West Jordan. Among other things, Buttars claimed that gay people are “the biggest threat” to America right now, and that all they do is engage in immoral practices like “pig-sex.” Despite hopes that Senate [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 19, 2009
Tonight, Equality Utah had a full debate with the Sutherland Institute on the validity and correctness of the Common Ground Initiative bills. For Equality Utah, the panelists were Cliff Rosky, Lee Beckstead, Senator Scott McCoy and Will Carlson. For Sutherland, Paul Mero, LeVar Christensen, Shirley Cox and Bill Duncan. There isn’t much to say here, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 18, 2009
The information in this blog post was provided by Reed Cowan. All current copywrites apply and are in place. Content posted with written consent from Reed Cowan. The following audio clip is from Reed Cowan’s documentary, prior to the start of the interview. It, along with the accompanying signed release from the Senator is proof [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 17, 2009
Today, the most prominent, and likely to pass of the Common Ground Initiative Bills was defeated in a motion 8-5, the Fair Workplace and Housing Bill. Testimony was beautiful, Rep. Christine Johnson was (as always), eloquent, funny and moving. Members of the Utah community spoke: from a transgender minister, to a local (straight) business owner, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 16, 2009
The American Family Association is up in arms about an elementary school janitor in Massachusetts who is undergoing the transition process from male to female. Below is a copy of their latest article on the issue. “A pro-family advocate says parents in one Massachusetts town were perplexed when they received a letter from the school [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 15, 2009
Full page hate (Story by Drinking Liberally) A group calling themselves “America Forever” pulled a full-page ad in the Sunday Salt Lake papers warning Utahns of the “homosexual movement”. In the Tribune it’s on page D12, and I’m sure that it’s in the Deseret News too. The ad is full of lies and fear tactics [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 13, 2009
From: Q Salt Lake Common Ground Bills Pass Rules Committee Written by JoSelle Vanderhooft Friday, 13 February 2009 13:03 All remaining bills in Equality Utah’s Common Ground Initiative, as well as a bill that would let same-sex couples adopt children, passed out of Senate and House Rules Committees early on Feb. 13. The two remaining [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 12, 2009
The American Family Association (AFA), long time anti-civil rights group are now enraged that their latest TV special, “Speechless; Silencing the Christians,” is not being aired everywhere that they want it to. Speechless began as a mini-series, but then was re-tooled into a 1 hour special that the AFA has been trying to get several [...]
"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.