PRIDE in Utah

Eric Ethington (Author) | December 27, 2009

These guys just never stop! New information is now slowly beginning to leak from inside the LDS (aka Mormon) church about their Anti-Gay agenda. As many people are aware, the Mormon church recently managed to get itself into the good graces of some in the nation-wide LGBT community by supporting Salt Lake City’s new non-discrimination [...]

Category: Local In Utah, Uncategorized | 28 Comments »
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Eric Ethington (Author) | December 21, 2009

Over the past week or so, I keep hearing claims that those in the LGBT community who supported Ben McAdams for Senate instead of Arlyn Bradshaw are traitors, true? In an ultra conservative state like Utah, we need to support any gay candidate we can right? Um………NO. Get real people. Anyone with half a brain [...]

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Tags: arlyn bradshaw, ben mcadams, church, City, Gay, identity, LDS, lgbt, Mormon, politics, salt lake, senate, SLC, straight, support, traitor, UT, utah

Eric Ethington (Author) | December 18, 2009

Scot McCoy, one of only 3 openly gay state-wide elected officials resigned last month; Can we please get someone good, not another Buttars? With several candidates running for the newly opened Senate seat in District 2, there isn’t much time before the election tomorrow (Dec 19th) at the City and County building in Salt Lake. [...]

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Eric Ethington (Author) | December 17, 2009

Uganda is trying to kill us, President Obama wants us to be patient, Sutherland Institute wants us homeless and Chris Buttars thinks we’re Militant Muslim Terrorists who want to force him to have “pig-sex;” Welcome to the age of enlightenment. I’m confused as hell right now. How is it after centuries of oppression, the women’s [...]

Category: Local In Utah, National/International, Uncategorized | 9 Comments »
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Eric Ethington (Author) | December 14, 2009

The latest film from film maker and news anchor Reed Cowan “8: The Mormon Proposition” has done nothing but catch headlines since it was announced to premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. And pro or con, it seems everyone’s got a strong opinion. The far right-wingers and the LDS (Mormon) Church brass have thrown [...]

Category: Gay Marriage, Local In Utah, National/International, Prop 8, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
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