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:Eric Ethington (Author) | September 27, 2012
In a not-yet released interview with a Nevada NBC affiliate, former Utah Governor and former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. told reporter Elizabeth Crum that it’s time to “take that journey” towards marriage equality. Back in February of 2009, just before leaving office as Utah’s Governor to become the US Ambassador to China, Mr. Huntsman became the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 7, 2012
Yesterday, City Weekly reporter Brandon Burt penned an open letter to me, asking why protests against Chick-fil-A in Utah fizzled out, and how the LGBT community of Utah can move forward. Sheesh… talk about pressure. As Brandon mentions in his letter, the past year has been an exciting one for the LGBT community. For the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 24, 2011
At the end of a VERY long week of anticipation, the New York Senate has finally approved same sex marriage! New York becomes the latest of true-American states to grant equality to their citizens by a final vote of 33-29. The New York Assembly passed their version last week, and there was much doubt as [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 15, 2011
New York – The State Assembly has once again passed a bill creating Marriage Equality, this time by a vote of 80-63. The sister bill has been introduced in the State Senate, but despite heavy debate today it has not yet been scheduled for a vote. This is going to be close! Remember that the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 1, 2011
Denver, Colorado – Last night, the House Judiciary Committee killed the Senate-approved Civil Unions bill down a party line vote of 6-5. Audio clip below of the sleazemouths from the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund members who testified before the committee. Tough to get worse than this. “If you take off all your clothes and look [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 31, 2011
Washington – The State Senate voted yesterday to recognize all civil partnerships performed in other states. This includes marriages, civil unions, domestic partnerships etc. It was voted in by a margin of 28-19. Washington does not currently offer full marriage for gay couples, meaning that if you have a marriage currently and move to Washington, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 29, 2011
Indiana – The Senate just finished voting this afternoon to create a constitutional amendment which bans not only same sex marriage, but also civil unions and anything else which could possibly be misconstrued as being “similar to marriage.” Vote passed 40-10. After several months of debate, the State Senate has finally sided with bigotry and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 23, 2011
Indiana – The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 (along party lines) this week to advance a constitutional amendment which bans both gay marriage as well as civil unions. Same sex marriage is already illegal in Indiana, but the legislature wants to prevent judges from overturning the current ban. Indiana Republican legislators are worried that the [...]
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 16, 2011
Washington DC – Moments ago, the bill to repeal the so-called Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) was introduced by Congressmen David Cicilline and Jerrold Nadler. The bill has 102 co-sponsors, but will that be enough to pass the GOP controlled House? I’ll admit I’m pretty skeptical about this. The bill had a much greater likelihood of [...]
"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.