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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 5, 2012
I was more than a little shocked this morning to read a post by the Sutherland Institute favoring a law in the city of Highland which bans businesses from opening on Sunday. Sutherland may be showing ultimate hypocrisy as the self-proclaimed guardians of freedom. It never ceases to amaze me when “small government,” “personal freedom,” [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 21, 2010
SLC – Last week the University of Utah hosted a debate on LGBT Rights And Family Law. But what started as a healthy conversation quickly set many teeth in the audience grinding as BYU Professor Lynn Wardle attacked Gays, Gay Families and Women in general. The debate was sponsored by the UofU club the “Outlaws,” [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 10, 2010
After Senator Scott McCoy retired from the Utah State Senate a month ago, the question has been constant in Utah’s LGBT community: Will Ben McAdams live up to his pledge to support us? Looks like he’s making good! This weekend, Senator-elect Ben McAdams called us at PRIDE In Utah with the news that he will [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 8, 2010
According to Misty Fowler at Saintless.com, Mayor Peter Corroon is expected to make a huge announcement regarding the governorship this coming Tuesday at 9:30 am. Corroon supporters, and the Mayor himself were incredibly bolstered these past weeks as a SL Trib poll showed that without even announcing candidacy, Corroon was already enjoying 30% support in [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 6, 2010
I couldn’t say it better, so from the office of Equality Utah: ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Yesterday Salt Lake County unanimously PASSED TWO Non-discrimination ordinances! These ordinances protect LGBT residents of unincorporated Salt Lake County from being fired or evicted based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. These areas include: Copperton, Magna, Millcreek, and Emigration Canyon. This is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, 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.