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:Eric Ethington (Author) | January 11, 2010
Opening Statement by Ted Olson in the Prop 8 Trial (courtesy of the Equal Rights Foundation): This case is about marriage and equality. Plaintiffs are being denied both the right to marry, and the right to equality under the law. The Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly described the right to marriage as [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 6, 2010
Good morning everybody! One of our readers sent me a letter yesterday, which he wrote following Prop 8 in California for the now infamous “LDS Apology” website. This reader, and others like him define to me what Mormonism is truely all about, and I’m thrilled to have his permission to share this with you. If [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 14, 2009
The latest film from film maker and news anchor Reed Cowan “8: The Mormon Proposition” has done nothing but catch headlines since it was announced to premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. And pro or con, it seems everyone’s got a strong opinion. The far right-wingers and the LDS (Mormon) Church brass have thrown [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 10, 2009
In the past week or so, it has come to light that then presidential candidate Barack Obama wrote a letter to an LGBTQ advocate group in California denouncing Prop 8 and similar amendments in other states. According to the Bay Area Reporter, the letter was sent to Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club in June, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 6, 2009
Video of the Prop 8 hearing. I’ll load these as I get them. This first one shows Kenn Starr looking, as always, like an idiot. “Prop 8 wouldn’t invalidate these marriages…..they would not be valid..” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DKVxhMt05w] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drMAFJ4omjc&feature=related]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 5, 2009
As the oral arguments on Prop 8 concluded in San Francisco today, viewers are semi-optimistic. “It seemed as though there was quite a bit of focus placed on the existing marriages that took place over the summer, but not nearly enough attention placed on the Proposition itself” said Thomas Skeeler, a local Californian activist and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 3, 2009
BY REED COWEN BREAKING NEWS! California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Prop 8 Legal Challenge on March 5 The California Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in the Proposition 8 legal challenge. On November 19, 2008, the California Supreme Court agreed to hear the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 2, 2009
In what seems to be an endless line of embarrassments for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, it is now coming to light that several prominent Mormon figures were actually reimbursed for their efforts and participation on the Yes On 8 campaign. Below is a list of several of them, brought to [...]
"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.