Eric Ethington and PRIDEinUtah Named CNN's "Most Intriguing Person"
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:Eric Ethington (Author) | March 17, 2011
Scotland – The Equality and Human Rights Commission are urging the nation to begin looking at legalizing marriage equality, as further polls are showing massive citizen support for equality. As a full-blown Scottish man myself (original name was MacEthington), I cry “Aye!” Support for marriage equality in Scotland has been rising steeply over the past [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 7, 2011
Rhode Island – Congressman Langevin posted an op-ed yesterday telling his state that he now fully supports Marriage Equality and wants to see the State Legislature pass it as quickly as possible. ‘Till now, Langevin has only supported Civil Unions – so what changed his mind? According to his op-ed in the Providence Journal, the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 18, 2011
New Hampshire – The Wonk Room and Think Progress have just released this great video mashup of the best and worst of those who testified against gay marriage in New Hampshire yesterday. My favorite is the man claiming gay marriage will lead to Sharia Law. Watch it below! Wonk Room notes that supporters of the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 14, 2011
Whether it’s on a national level with the HRC and GetEQUAL or locally in Utah with PRIDEinUtah, the LGBT community is seeing a rapid and decisive shift in the way we handle the movement towards human rights. Bottom line… things will never be the same. The move towards equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 10, 2010
California – The Prop 8 appeals trial is coming up fast (December) and the Courage Campaign has launched a new video project discussing the meaning of Marriage Equality. What is it? What does it mean? Check out the video below! This will apparently be the first in a series of 38 videos. Love it!
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 6, 2010
Hilarious!! Great video highlighting what true equality looks like in the bigoted mind. Watch it below!
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 14, 2010
MD – Equality Maryland will be on hand today as voters leave the polling stations. Across three counties, each voter will be asked very simply “Do you support marriage for same-sex couples?” The legislature may move this issue depending on voter response. Currently Maryland law only allows for marriage between one man and one woman, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 9, 2010
Maryland – Governor Martin O’Malley is coming closer to endorsing full marriage equality for same-sex couples. He made remarks on a radio show today hinting that if the State Legislature were to pass a bill allowing gay marriage he would have no problems signing it. He’s coming along! While he used to only support civil [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 11, 2010
A new poll has shown once again that the tide is turning in favor of marriage equality. CNN reports that the country is split with 49% believing that LGBT citizens have a constitutional right to marriage. What makes it even more interesting is what happens when you look at the age of respondents. We’ve been [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 16, 2010
When the “compromise” first started rolling out, Utahns were told that a year-long study would be included to show legislators just what type of discrimination was happening in the reddest-of-red states. But Senate President Waddoups and Senator Neiderhauser decided it wasn’t a good idea. Taking the initiative, Equality Utah has announced that they will be [...]
"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.