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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 1, 2012
No question I’m a liberal guy, so conservative Jesse Harris (@elforesto) and I don’t agree on much these days. But one thing we come together on? Everyone should vote for Ben McAdams for Salt Lake County Mayor!
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 4, 2012
Salt Lake City – Yesterday afternoon, Utah State Senate Republicans once again postponed the inevitable passage of a statewide Non-Discrimination law. But was there something a little screwy about the committee hearing? Non-Discrimination laws had big backing this year. A statewide survey, conducted by the highly respected Dan Jones & Associates, revealed that 75% of [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 14, 2011
Thank you to everyone who voted in this year’s BEST and WORST Utah Senators competition! We had over 4,000 voters between February and the end of the session, with some very close races! Check out the winners below! With 1,389 votes.. the award for BEST Senator goes to Ben McAdams of Senate District 2! Senator McAdams [...]
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 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 15, 2011
Boise, Idaho – Republican State Senator Curt McKenzie, the chair of the Senate State Affairs Committee has pledged to refuse to even schedule a hearing for a state-wide non discrimination law. According to McKenzie, citizens of Idaho just don’t care if LGBT people are losing jobs and housing. The bill has been introduced every year [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 21, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT – In his weekly “Mero Moment,” Paul Mero of the Sutherland Institute took the opportunity this month to attack Senator Ben McAdams’ proposed law which would penalize parents who leave children unattended in hot cars. Wait.. why would this be bad again? Calling the proposal an example of a “nanny state,” [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 1, 2010
Salt Lake City – The race for Senate District 2 between the straight democratic ally and the gay republican keeps getting more interesting. Last week, Republican Melvin Nimer sent out his last mailers – but it seems there’re some striking differences between what Dems and Repubs received. The mailer sent out to registered Democrat voters [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 23, 2010
Listen to the full and unedited version of the PRIDEinUtah podcast interview with Senator Ben McAdams and his opponent Melvin Nimer of the Log Cabin Republicans! Listen below or download it for free on iTunes under Pride In Utah! Click HERE To Play The Interview!
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 8, 2010
SLC, UT – PRIDEinUtah is co-hosting a house party with Senator Ben McAdams of Senate District 2 for LGBT citizens! Everyone RSVP now so you can talk to him about the upcoming election, where he stand on issues and what he thinks will happen to us LGBT folk during this next session! Send your RSVP [...]
"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.