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:Eric Ethington (Author) | February 22, 2011
Southwark, England – Catholic Archbishop Peter Smith is not happy about proposed legislation which would make it legal for civil union ceremonies for gay couples to be performed in churches. Count on all the right-wing loons in the US to start crying “religious freedom attack!” Changes to the Equality Act are currently being considered which [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 7, 2011
London, England- A Christian podiatrist is being brought up on charges and may lose his license after it was revealed that for the past 4 years he has refused to treat many patients because of their sexual orientation. He even tried to “trade” a patient who was HIV positive. H/T Talk About Equality Dr. Steve [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 17, 2010
United Kingdom – The Brittish ban on same sex marriages will begin being challenged in court next week. 4 couples are simultaneously challenging the ban, on the basis that it violates the Human Rights Act. Best of luck! We’re all watching. Peter Tatchell, the equality activist coordinating the “Equal Love” campaign, of which the couples [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 19, 2010
I need to move to England I think. Prime Minister David Cameron released his own “It Gets Better Video,” detailing why you don’t have to scared if you’re a bullied teen. There are people who will help! It does get better. Watch the video below.
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 26, 2010
London, UK – The Stoke Newington School has reported that they have eliminated anti-gay bullying among their students by including education about famous LGBT people in history. Oh look! Success in getting rid of anti-gay bullying and they didn’t even indoctrinate their students into being gay? Simple, effective, smart. Showing kids famous LGBT people in [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | July 6, 2010
Quite a week in merry olde England. First a gay couple are mobbed by about 15 assailants, then the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson makes a push to legalize same sex marriage. Police have condemned a gang of up to 15 men and women who viciously attacked two gay men in Bradford. The victims needed [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | May 14, 2010
London – A man has been arrested for blackmailing business owners and individuals over their sexual orientation. If they were closeted he threatened to out them, if they were already out he threatened to tell everyone they were rapists…..douchebag Lee Taylor, 20, blackmailed both a closeted company boss and warned an openly-gay man that [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 19, 2010
London England – A gay man was subjected to homophobic taunts before being punched and stamped to death in London’s Trafalgar Square. Ian Baynham (62 years old, of Beckenham, Kent) was on his way home last September with a friend when three drunk teenagers jumped him outside his home. Joel Alexander, 19, Rachel Burke and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 22, 2009
In Basingstoke, England, Queen Mary’s College decided to put on a theatre production of “The Larmie Project,” a show about a man who is killed for his sexual orientation. The Westboro Baptist Church, based out of Topeka, Kansas decided that this was unacceptable. The church’s website (godhatesfags.com) called for a mass-protest of the play saying, [...]
"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.