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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
Moments ago, the Illinois State House passed a law legalizing civil unions for same sex couples by a vote of 61-52. Congratulations and well done! The bill now moves on to the Senate. Openly gay Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), who co-sponsored SB 1716, started his opening statement at 5:17 p.m on Tuesday. “Once in every [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 3, 2010
Hawaii – Former State House member Neil Abercrombie has become the new Governor-elect! He beat out some very bigoted candidates and Hawaii now may have a shot at passing their civil unions law. You may remember now ex-Governor Linda Lingle who vetoed the island state’s legislatively passed civil unions law earlier this year. Thank goodness [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 1, 2010
Sleazemouth Catholic Cardinal Raymond Burke says in a video interview that “discrimination against gays is just and godly,” but also that discrimination against race is unjust. You know, ’cause the the bible says so. Wonder if this idiot realizes that the bible also advocates discrimination against race?
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 20, 2010
Finland – The Evangelical Lutheran Church has lost 20,000+ members in the past 4 days. Why the rush? The church aired an anti-gay sermon calling for only opposite-sex marriage and adoptions. Go Finland! The balance of the scale has tipped in many countries, favoring equal rights for all human beings. It’s just a matter of [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 14, 2010
Judges nationwide are striking down anti-gay and bigoted laws everywhere. DOMA, DADT, Gay Marriage.. the list goes on. And yet the President and Congress are fighting back against all of them.Why are we still supporting any of these people? Where will real equality come from? This is a fantastic message I received today from Chael [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 12, 2010
The Obama Administration has just filed a notice of appeal in Massachussettes, seeking to defend the Defense Of Marriage Act against a Judge who ruled it unconstitutional back in July. Still waiting to see our ‘fierce advocate’ leap into action. This is why I hate the two-party system. The Republicans openly fight against our rights, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 12, 2010
Park Romney, cousin to famous Mormon and former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, spent some time talking with me on the PRIDEinUtah podcast this past week. He called later and told me he wanted to elaborate on his statements, and sent me this video. Check it out! Wish Mitt would believe this way.. You can see [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 28, 2010
Iowa – Republican candidate for Attorney General, Brenna Findley, has stated that she wants marriage equality up for a vote of the general public. I wonder if she’s aware that her job is to uphold the IA Supreme Court’s 2009 ruling making same-sex marriage legal in the state. If you live in Iowa – please [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 28, 2010
Ann Coulter repeated her racist, homophobic and sexist comments she made a few days ago to GOProud on Larry King Live last night. Among the many gems of nuttydom, she includes that civil rights are only for black people and gay men “should come out against girls in the military” rather than repeal DADT. Watch [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 27, 2010
This past week, a coalition of 10 different states joined in sending an amicus brief to the 9th Circuit Court in California in opposition of Judge Walker overturning Proposition 8. Give you one guess as to whether or not Utah was on the list. The brief was signed by the Attorney Generals of Alabama, Florida, Idaho, [...]
"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.