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:Eric Ethington (Author) | January 5, 2010
Many know Paul Mero of Sutherland Institute gives a weekly “Mero Moment” via radio to Cache Valley (why there??). On Dec 22nd, Mero claimed that the Mormons are being discriminated against in Utah. Ok, so I just started paying attention to these Mero Moments and this may need to start being a weekly feature here. [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 17, 2009
Uganda is trying to kill us, President Obama wants us to be patient, Sutherland Institute wants us homeless and Chris Buttars thinks we’re Militant Muslim Terrorists who want to force him to have “pig-sex;” Welcome to the age of enlightenment. I’m confused as hell right now. How is it after centuries of oppression, the women’s [...]
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) | November 14, 2009
Speculation on what will happen with Salt Lake City’s new Fair Workplace and Housing laws in the upcoming session is flying. But some new insights into the LDS / Mormon Church’s plans are shocking! Since the LDS / Mormon Church announced its support of the Salt Lake City ordinances to ban discrimination of the LGBT [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 13, 2009
You know how some people just don’t know how to shut up? Yeah…. for the Rodrigues family, aka “America Forever.” That time was just after they got out of diapers. With their constant spewing against the LGBT community, they have now become virtually one of the biggest PRO LGBT groups around! With every other anti-LGBT [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 12, 2009
You know, never thought I’d see the day when Paul Mero and the Sutherland Institute split from the LDS (Mormon) Church. Earlier this week LDS Inc supported the Salt Lake City Council in passing fair workplace and housing ordinances, making it illegal in Salt Lake City to deny a person housing or a job based [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 19, 2009
Tonight, Equality Utah had a full debate with the Sutherland Institute on the validity and correctness of the Common Ground Initiative bills. For Equality Utah, the panelists were Cliff Rosky, Lee Beckstead, Senator Scott McCoy and Will Carlson. For Sutherland, Paul Mero, LeVar Christensen, Shirley Cox and Bill Duncan. There isn’t much to say here, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 17, 2009
Today, the most prominent, and likely to pass of the Common Ground Initiative Bills was defeated in a motion 8-5, the Fair Workplace and Housing Bill. Testimony was beautiful, Rep. Christine Johnson was (as always), eloquent, funny and moving. Members of the Utah community spoke: from a transgender minister, to a local (straight) business owner, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 12, 2009
Utah Governor John Huntsman Jr released a statement a few days ago stating that he was pro both civil unions and other rights for homosexuals and transgendered people in Utah. Since then, he has received an enormous outcry from the public, both for and against. While groups like Equality Utah (local) and the Human Rights [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 6, 2009
Tonight I attended the Sutherland Institute’s “Sacred Ground” kickoff meeting. For those not familiar, this is the newly formed opposition to Equality Utah’s Common Ground Initiative. This post is mostly going to read like a journal I fear, as there is a lot of information to get through. To start off, the “gays” were the [...]
"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.