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:Eric Ethington (Author) | March 30, 2012
Utah Policy’s Jordan Garn published a piece going after PRIDEinUtah for our commentary on the new law requiring drug tests for welfare recipients. Well, we here at PRIDEinUtah always love the debate, so let’s break it down. First, let me say that I commend Jordan Garn for tackling this troubling issue. Too often in Utah [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 26, 2012
Governor Herbert signed HB 155 by Representative Brad Wilson (R) into law this afternoon, continuing the GOP’s attack on the poor and working-class. While the bill may have been well intentioned, it crosses the line of failing to recognize a human being’s intrinsic worth and labels them as nothing but potential criminals.
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 23, 2012
It seems that every Republican candidate is all in a twist over so-called “Obamacare” and the absolute “evils” it is perpetuating on Americans. But on the 2 year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, let’s look at what it has actually done.
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 18, 2012
Utah – I watched with interest last night as Paul Mero (of the lobbying group The Sutherland Institute) argued with reporters on Twitter, trying to get them to use his study “proving” that abstinence-only education works best. True study? Or bogus? Currently, there are a handful of districts in Utah which already teach abstinence-only education, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 16, 2012
UPDATE: After this post was written, and at 8pm at night on a Friday, Governor Herbert did, in fact, veto HB363. Salt Lake City – Twitterverse was buzzing last night with the news that the majority of delegates elected in the GOP Caucuses may be pro-Hatch. Now that he knows who he’ll face at convention, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 13, 2012
Utah – There’s been quite a bit of excitement over the election in Utah’s newly-created 4th Congressional District. But the longer the election runs, the more it looks like Utahn’s in the 4th are being let down by empty rhetoric. In what was originally billed as a “battle of the ages,” the Republican fight for [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 9, 2012
Utah – Conservative lobbyists The Sutherland Institute are emailing parents across the state, telling them to contact Governor Herbert and support HB 363, the recently passed Anti-SexEd bill. But are they misleading parents on the facts? In an email to parents sent out tonight, The Sutherland Institute (under the direction of Paul Mero) is encouraging [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 5, 2012
Salt Lake City – It was an interesting bit of political theatre today on Capitol Hill, as Republicans in the Utah House of Republicans decided that today would be a day to oppose abortion, rather than support it as they did last week. If you’re looking for proof that Republicans in Utah are just a [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 5, 2012
Salt Lake City – In a crazy twist Monday, Republicans in the Utah House of Representatives continued pushing their argument that creating a specialty license plate honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. will lead to abortions. Good luck following this twisting and turning folks. Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck (D – Salt Lake City) brought forth a reasonable [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 3, 2012
I was extremely privileged to watch “8″ tonight, the powerful play written by Dustin Lance Black, based on the court transcripts of the Prop 8 Trial in California. As someone who followed Perry v Schwarzenegger closely, it was amazing to see the record come to life. Watch it below! Congratulations to an incredible cast. George [...]
"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.