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:Eric Ethington (Author) | July 2, 2011
Utah – State House Speaker Becky Lockhart published on op-ed yesterday on immigration reform, doing her best to divert the anger of Tea Party delegates away from herself and back towards Utah’s Federal delegation. Think it will work? On June 18th at the Utah Republican Convention, Tea Party activist delegates over-threw the will of the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 14, 2011
My comment yesterday on Facebook that retiring-representative Jackie Biskupski should be replaced by another openly-LGBT House member caused quite a bit of stir. So let’s talk about it. The LGBT community is very fortunate to have a growing list of straight allies up on Capitol Hill. These allies are absolutely critical in the fight for [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 25, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland – A House Committee has passed a bill by a margin of 15-8 which adds both gender identity as well as gender expression to the State Non-Discrimination laws for employment and housing. If it passes the full House, it will then head over to the Senate. Press Release from Equality Maryland, via JoeMyGod: [...]
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 Ethington (Author) | March 14, 2011
BREAKING: Washington DC – A bill to repeal the so-called Defense Of Marriage Act is set to be introduced in the House this Wednesday! It already has over 100 co-sponsors, and could finally put an end to much of the discrimination by the federal government. The “Respect For Marriage Act” is set to be introduced [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 11, 2011
Maryland – Several hours of floor debate this today, the Maryland House just recommitted SB 116, the bill legalizing same sex marriage, back to committee. So what does this mean? It means we start all over folks. The State Senate passed the bill several weeks ago, but the House was unable to muster the votes [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 10, 2011
Washington DC – Last night House Republicans, led by Speaker Boehner, voted to hire outside attorneys to defend the so-called Defense Of Marriage Act in court. They don’t have a plan to get jobs back into the country, but they have the time and money to deny citizens of rights? The House Legal Advisory committee, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 9, 2011
Annapolis, Maryland – The “Civil Marriage Protection Act” has passed the 1st day of debate in the House, and at the same time Democratic Legislators were able to defeat 4 different amendments which would have seriously harmed the bill. According to reports, the 3rd Reading will most likely happen tomorrow morning – possibly followed immediately [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 7, 2011
Olympia, Washington- The House of Representatives passed a bill Friday night by a vote 58-39 which would allow same sex marriages performed in other states to now be recognized. The bill now moves to the Senate, but opponents are fighting hard. The bill would basically allow any gay marriage performed in other states to be [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 4, 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Maryland – The House Judiciary Committee has just advanced the Civil Marriage Protection Act up to the full House by a vote of 12-10! After a week of fighting with Democratic Delegates to stay on board, the bill has finally passed and now moves on for a final vote. Several amendments were proposed [...]
"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."
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