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:Eric Ethington (Author) | June 19, 2012
While defending a decision by the Davis County School Board not to let LGBT parents be added to a meeting agenda, District Spokesman Chris Williams may have inadvertently revealed an enormous violation of Utah governmental transparency laws. After the Davis County School Board refused to let LGBT parents add their grievance over a book mentioning gay parents [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 3, 2011
New Hampshire – The long awaited House Committee meeting has finally finished, and legislators voted across party lines 15-0 to “shelve” two bills which would have repealed same sex marriage. For the next year at least, equality still reigns in New Hampshire. Gay Marriage has been legal in New Hampshire since 2009, and activists and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 17, 2011
Maryland – The State Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee just finished their vote on whether or not to pass the bill legalizing same sex marriage in the state. The bill passed by a vote of 7-4 after the committee listened to over 7 hours of testimony last week. Final vote within 2 weeks! After passing the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 16, 2011
Rhode Island – The Senate Judiciary Committee has heard testimony for the last 7 hours from constituents wanting to speak on a proposed bill to legalize same sex marriage. Watch the video below. The bill is being sponsored by Representative Arthur Handy (D), and is drawing an enormous amount of both praise and criticism. Not [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 25, 2011
Hawaii – The Civil Unions Bill has made it out of committee by a vote of 3-2 and now advances to the full Senate. It’s expected to pass easily and Governor Neil Abercrombie has pledge to sign it. Big turn of events from last year when the legislature passed virtually the same bill but it [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 27, 2010
New Orleans, LA – A Louisiana Senate Panel has rejected a bill which would allow unmarried couples to adopt, regardless of sexual orientation. The Judiciary Committee ended with a 3-1 vote, with 3 republicans voting against and 1 Democrat voting for. Senate Bill 129, which ended up as a combination of two measures by Sens. [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 1, 2010
UT – Speculation is flying fast and thick in Utah’s LGBT community right now. Is the agreement by our Legislators to not run any gay-rights bills this year in return for no anti-gay bills and an independent commission a good thing? Or are they just backing down from the fight? Last week, State Representative Christine [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 29, 2010
SLC – In an announcement from Capitol Hill today, Utah legislators announced that in return for ultra-conservatives law-makers not passing a law outlawing all non-discrimination ordinances state wide, pro-human legislators will agree to not run any gay rights bills this year. Since Salt Lake City and County passed their historic ordinances this past year banning [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 13, 2009
From: Q Salt Lake Common Ground Bills Pass Rules Committee Written by JoSelle Vanderhooft Friday, 13 February 2009 13:03 All remaining bills in Equality Utah’s Common Ground Initiative, as well as a bill that would let same-sex couples adopt children, passed out of Senate and House Rules Committees early on Feb. 13. The two remaining [...]
"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.