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:Eric Ethington (Author) | January 28, 2011
Uganda – 300 people attended murdered activist David Kato’s funeral today, but the services turned out to be anything but peaceful. Halfway through, the pastor leading the services broke off into a rant against homosexuals. Fighting broke out and in the end David’s friends had to bury him themselves. The shape of Uganda today. They [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 19, 2011
Colorado Springs, Colorado – The local Catholic Diocese has begun advertising a new AA-style 12 Step Program that claims to be able to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality. They claim it’s not about therapy however, but about support. Make sure you notice the part where their website has some testimonials but no actual statistics, proof or research [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 11, 2011
Uganda – The Opposition Party’s Presidential Candidate, Kizza Besigye says if elected on Feb 18 he will decriminalize homosexuality. Most importantly, if elected he could derail the “kill the gays” bill which is coming up for a vote in the spring. If Besigye doesn’t win however, and President Yoweri Museveni stays in power, there is [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 4, 2011
California – Recently the State Senate passed a law which removes homosexuality from the list of diseases that the State Department of Health is trying to cure. But the American Family Association says that this law is discriminatory against Christions. Wow, so this is out of left field.. The AFA is saying that removing homosexuality from [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 14, 2010
Last month, a coalition of African and Arab nations succeeded in stripping homosexuality from the list of reasons the United Nations condemns executions. Now the United States is proposing another resolution which would add sexual orientation back in. How about that, we’re actually fighting for the right side this time! From Pink News: Speaking at [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 6, 2010
The PRIDEinUtah Podcast is here! Exlusive interview with Brad Carmack, a BYU student and active Mormon who has written a book on homosexuality and Mormon doctrine – his conclusion? Not what you would expect. Also full updates on DADT! Download it for free on iTunes! Or click “Play” below to listen here! CLICK HERE TO [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 17, 2010
The View’s Joy Behar went after bigoted Pastor Joel Osteen’s views on homosexuality. “It’s not a choice pastor! People are born this way and they are what they are.” Pastor Osteen responds by comparing homosexuality to drunkards and drug users of course.. Watch the video below!
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 26, 2010
Salt Lake City, UT – It’s no secret that the Mormon Church hierarchy is at war with itself over homosexuality, with many leaders wanting to take a much softer approach then the hard-line bigots. Following a call by PRIDEinUtah for the church to be more public about anti-bullying, Elder Dieter Uchtdorf released a statement to [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 25, 2010
Salt Lake City, UT – Many may know that Paul Mero, president of the Sutherland Institute, broadcasts his “Weekly Mero Moment” in Cache Valley. A couple weeks ago, Paul upped the ante by adding on to his usual magic tricks in defense of Boyd K Packer. Not only am I not born gay, but he [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 23, 2010
The Iowa Family Policy Center announced to the public that at their September 2009 board meeting the decision had been made to stop accepting Federal Funds. But here we are a year later and now we’re finding out they’ve continued to accept the funds – to the tune of $3,000,000. This is the same group [...]
"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.