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:Eric Ethington (Author) | February 28, 2011
Hey folks! Alright.. so now that our hosting migration is done, here’s everything we missed today. Kinda nice, all your LGBT news in one single post! I’ve also included a transcription of Senator Ben McAdams powerful speech from the Senate Floor today. New Orleans – Infamous anti-gay pastor Grant Storm, who protests every LGBT event [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 28, 2011
We’re back! After 30 hours of the site being down, PRIDEinUtah is back and better than ever! With our new host, our dear readers should be experiencing much less down time (if any!) than with the accursed GoDaddy. We may still be tweaking the next day or so, but here’s to our next chapter! Let [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 27, 2011
Just a heads up dear readers, GoDaddy has let the site go down one too many times and we’re switching hosts. The site will be going down temporarily some time this afternoon and evening, but don’t be alarmed! We’ll be back shortly, and hopefully with better speeds and connections! As always, thank you so much [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 26, 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah – 250 local union members and citizens rallied on the steps of the Utah Capitol this morning in support of the Wisconsin workers. Pictures and video below! Truly an honor to be there.
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 25, 2011
Tennessee – Two Republican legislators have introduced House Bill 229 and Senate Bill 49 which would ban all elementary schools from every saying the words “gay” or “homosexual” and from addressing any LGBT topics whatsoever. Yeah… let the consequences to that sink in. Attention Tennessee LGBT students: I hope you are never bullied at school [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 25, 2011
Utah – Senate Bill 148, which would provide housing and workplace protections against discrimination for sexual orientation or gender identity has been denied a committee hearing. The bill sits in the Rules Committee, and chairwoman Sen Margaret Dayton (R) says it’s unneccessary to hear the bill. Senator Ben McAdams introduced the legislation several weeks ago, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 25, 2011
New York – Kenneth Ranftle and J. Craig Leiby were married in Canada back in 2008. That same year Kenneth passed away and Mr. Leiby began a 2 year court battle for inheritance rights. Finally an appellate court came back last night with a ruling in his favor! The ruling is being seen as a [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 25, 2011
Iowa – The House Republicans are getting desperate. 6 have signed on as co-sponsors of a bill which not only bans marriage between gay couples, but states that the law is “un-reviewable” by the Supreme Court. If it passes, the Supreme Court would be barred from hearing any challenges. After the Iowa Supreme Court ruled [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 25, 2011
Wisconsin – In a dirty and underhanded tactic, General Assembly Republicans called the roll at 1am last night on the vote to dismantle Unions’ bargaining rights. Watch the video as the entire room erupts in screams of outrage and chants of SHAME SHAME. The bill now moves on to the Senate, where all 14 Democrats [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 24, 2011
Provo, Utah – The community panel discussion tonight put on by a group of BYU students went off without a hitch this evening. Packed into one of the smaller meeting rooms of the Provo Library, the standing-room only crowd of students and community members listened as LGBT & Ally speakers shared their stories. These are [...]
"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.