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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 18, 2009
Apparently the LDS / Mormon Church supporting the Salt Lake City ordinances last week, banning discrimination against the LGBT (gay) community in matters of housing and employement, is the equivalent of a 500 lb loaf of pumpkin bread. Huh… maybe all I had to do was bake more? In an unexpected announcement today, Utah State [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 17, 2009
San Francisco signed Fair Workplace and Housing laws into effect with Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone in 1979, now 30 years later Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker signs his name to the list of champions of human rights. This afternoon, before a crowd of 50-100 people, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker follow the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 17, 2009
In a press release last night, Sutherland Institute President Paul Mero announced a special event taking place tomorrow night where he will address the relationship between Mormonism and conservative thought. Back-peddling much? Since Sutherland Institute’s statements following the LDS / Mormon church’s support of SLC’s Fair Workplace and Housing ordinances, Paul Mero has been under [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 14, 2009
Speculation on what will happen with Salt Lake City’s new Fair Workplace and Housing laws in the upcoming session is flying. But some new insights into the LDS / Mormon Church’s plans are shocking! Since the LDS / Mormon Church announced its support of the Salt Lake City ordinances to ban discrimination of the LGBT [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 13, 2009
You know how some people just don’t know how to shut up? Yeah…. for the Rodrigues family, aka “America Forever.” That time was just after they got out of diapers. With their constant spewing against the LGBT community, they have now become virtually one of the biggest PRO LGBT groups around! With every other anti-LGBT [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 13, 2009
With most of the country still under shock at Salt Lake City’s human rights victory, the city council’s vote is impacting the rest of Utah as well. Over the past week we’ve heard rumblings now from both Salt Lake County and Park City that their own ordinances providing workplace and housing rights / protections are [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 12, 2009
You know, never thought I’d see the day when Paul Mero and the Sutherland Institute split from the LDS (Mormon) Church. Earlier this week LDS Inc supported the Salt Lake City Council in passing fair workplace and housing ordinances, making it illegal in Salt Lake City to deny a person housing or a job based [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 11, 2009
Last night, Utah took a big side-step and did a very un-Utah thing.. it passed 2 ordinances against LGBT discrimination. Uh oh… does Gayle know about this? In a unanimous vote, Salt Lake City Council passed fair workplace and housing ordinances following an hour and a half of testimonies from concerned citizens on both sides [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 10, 2009
Big news coming from LDS Hierarchy regarding the LGBT community! From the production team of “8, The Mormon Proposition:” ——————————————————————— PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: STEVEN GREENSTREET (801) 580-3103 PRESS@MORMONPROPOSITION.COM MORMON CHURCH LEADERS BEND UNDER SCRUTINY BROUGHT ON BY 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION. IS THIS ANOTHER MORMON P.R. STUNT? On November 10, 2009 several [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 4, 2009
This week , this anniversary.. we mark a year from our rape in California. We now add a new atrocity, the rape of our civil rights in Maine. And what do I hear? Silence. Silence from the once-again victims. Where are you? We update our facebook and twitter pages with “I’m disappointed in the voters [...]
"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.