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:Eric Ethington (Author) | October 18, 2012
Republican candidate for Congress in Utah’s 2nd District, Chris Stewart, is claiming in the Salt Lake Tribune that he never took any stimulus funds, but it turns out.. he’s lying. Earlier today, 2nd Congressional District candidate Jay Seegmiller pointed out the hypocrisy of his Republican opponent Chris Stewart campaigning against the stimulus, when he himself [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 1, 2011
Utah – Rabid extremist Chuck Colson has just released a video condemning GSA’s (Gay Straight Alliances) in Utah, saying that they are indoctrinating kids to rape others just like in prison. Watch it below According to lunatic Colson, providing safe places for LGBT kids where they can be free of harassment from bullies is somehow [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 16, 2011
After repeated complaints, the ACLU is asking for LGBT students to report their schools if they are blocking access to LGBT websites on their school networks. Many schools won’t allow access to sites like the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network, but still allow anti-gay sites through. After receiving the above screenshot from a [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 4, 2011
Provo, UT – What happened to me afterwards aside, the people I found last night on the BYU campus were no less than heroes. 30 students dedicated to ending discrimination and bullying both at BYU and in Provo. Outside of Utah, you may not understand the difference between Salt Lake City and Provo. True they’re [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 20, 2011
Bay Shore, New York – In an update to this morning’s post, the students have gone above the Principal who told them calling people ‘Faggots’ wasn’t a big deal. The District Superintendent, Richard Marsh, has overriden the Principal’s decision and given a green light to the GSA’s. Now that’s good activism work! Several of our [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 20, 2011
Update: The district superintendent has intervened and given a green light to the GSA’s. See HERE Bay Shore, New York – Local High School principal Maureen Henry of Valley Stream South High School doesn’t want to allow gay straight alliances. When confronted by students about the need for the club to lessen bullying, she said [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 19, 2011
Ontario, Canada – Earlier this month, the Halton Catholic District School board came under heavy fire when the board president, Alice LeMay, said they were banning GSA’s for the same reason they would ban a “Nazi club.” The board has now backed down and are now allowing the GSA’s. Gay Straight Alliance clubs have been proven [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 11, 2011
Ontario, Canada – After an international outcry this past week over a Catholic School District’s decision to ban Gay Straight Alliances and the District Chairperson Anne Lemay comparing them to Nazi clubs, the board is scheduled to reconsider the ban tonight. The ban actually passed back in November, but it wasn’t until this past weekend [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 7, 2011
Ontario, Canada – A Catholic School Board has permanently banned all Gay Straight Alliances from their schools, saying they would do the same harm to students that a Nazi student club would. Hey kids, come get infected with the gay cooties and you get a free swastika today! Now true it’s a Catholic school district, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 2, 2011
Utah – The State Legislature has done everything in their power to prevent Gay-Straight Alliances in schools, claiming that they’re “recruiting stations.” But despite their best efforts, the number of GSA’s has grown from 9 to 32 in the past 12 months, including 3 new clubs in St. George. Schools in Utah have a long [...]
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