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:Eric Ethington (Author) | April 21, 2010
Mississippi – Constance McMillen, the openly lesbian teen who’s school canceled prom over her desire to bring her girlfriend, has been intentionally duped by her school into attending a “decoy” prom while her classmates attended the real one. Now she and the ACLU have filed a lawsuit. This is absolutely disgusting. The school decided it [...]
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 Ethington (Author) | November 17, 2009
In a press release last night, Sutherland Institute President Paul Mero announced a special event taking place tomorrow night where he will address the relationship between Mormonism and conservative thought. Back-peddling much? Since Sutherland Institute’s statements following the LDS / Mormon church’s support of SLC’s Fair Workplace and Housing ordinances, Paul Mero has been under [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 12, 2009
The American Family Association (AFA), long time anti-civil rights group are now enraged that their latest TV special, “Speechless; Silencing the Christians,” is not being aired everywhere that they want it to. Speechless began as a mini-series, but then was re-tooled into a 1 hour special that the AFA has been trying to get several [...]
"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.