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:Eric Ethington (Author) | September 20, 2011
Utah – Senior (and I do mean ‘senior’) Senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, was outed last week by local Attorney and former BLM-director Pat Shea as having called a Federal Judge to recommend sentencing against activist Tim DeChristopher. Now what is Hatch claiming? In the article last week, Shea claims that after Tim DeChristopher, the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 14, 2011
One of the most absurd and desperate tactics yet by Marriage Equality foes has been defeated. The motion to have Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision to strike down Prop 8 due to his sexual orientation was defeated earlier today. Read the ruling below! This had to be one of the most ridiculous claims yet. First the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 14, 2011
Arizona – Last year the Arizona Legislature passed a measure stripping same-sex couples of benefits. The bill was overturned in federal court as unconstitutional, but Arizona isn’t giving up. They’ve just filed an appeal of the ruling, trying once again to strip citizens of rights. Same-sex partners of state employees are at risk of losing [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 18, 2011
United Kingdom – Judge Andrew Rutherford has ruled that Christian Hotel Owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull can no longer refuse rooms to gay people on the basis of religious freedoms. The lawsuit has been running since 2008 when they denied a couple a room, claiming their beliefs wouldn’t allow it. Tipped by PRIDEinUtah reader Michael [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 22, 2010
Johannesburg, South Africa – After a 7 year court battle, a gay couple have finally been granted permission to use a surrogate to have their child. Judge Seun Moshidi has finally given the go ahead for the surrogate mother to relinquesh all parental rights to the couple. Harry and Kevin Johnson (not their real names) [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 16, 2010
The Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) has just seen its first gay adoption! After years of abuse from their bio parents, a young 5 year old brother and sister are finally being officially adopted by their foster parents, John and Jim. Tipped by Australian PRIDEinUtah reader Michael B. (All names are pseudonyms, as [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 29, 2010
Tennessee Magistrate and Vietnam Vet Joe Rehyansky released a statement over the weekend on the hate-website The Daily Caller calling for gays to be expelled from the military, but lesbians should stay and be sexually corrected by straight male soldiers. UGGGH Absolutely disgusting. Since when did the USA become Uganda and start advocating “corrective rape?” [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 18, 2010
Houston, TX – Mayor Annise Parker has appointed the state’s first transgender judge as an associate municipal justice. Congratulations to Judge Phyllis Randolph Frye who was also unanimously approved by the city council. I love seeing this, I really do. Sounds like the woman is incredibly brilliant, and a highly-regarded legal scholar. “Phyllis Randolph Frye, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 3, 2010
Oakland, California – Victoria Kolawski has become the nation’s first transgender Judge, winning an election onto the Alameda County Superior Court. HUGE congratulations to Judge Kolawski! What a wonderful highlight in a very mixed election night! OAKLAND — Alameda County has become home to the first transgender trial judge in the country as Victoria Kolakowski [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 2, 2010
Uganda – Over the past few months, the Uganda tabloid “Rolling Stone” has twice published the names, pictures and addresses of known gay people and called for them to be hung. The lists have caused many to leave the country after threats on their lives. Now a judge has banned the paper. Thank goodness. 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.