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:Eric Ethington (Author) | March 2, 2011
Kentucky – Republican Representative Mike Harmon has just amended a bill which would have prohibited bullying in schools based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The amendment states that kids who bully for religious reasons are exempt, as long as they aren’t violent. Utterly pitiful, hopefully Kentucky will reject this ridiculous argument as easily as [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 8, 2011
Iowa – State Representative Richard Anderson (R-Clarinda) has just introduced what he’s calling the “Religious Conscience Protection Act.” It would legalize discrimination against same-sex couples by business owners of all kinds, including restaurants, landlords, hotels etc.. Rep Anderson claims that he’s trying to protect religious freedom, but he’s proposing a law which infringed on the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 21, 2010
A new research poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute says that two-thirds of Americans believe that religions are causing LGBT youth to committ suicide. Not only that, but only 5% think that their religion handles the topic of homosexuality poorly. Isn’t this what we’ve been saying for years? STOP.KILLING.OUR.YOUTH! Two out of three [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 26, 2010
CA – The State Senate has passed a bill and sent it on to Gov. Schwarzenegger which protects clergy from losing their tax-exempt status if they refuse to marry same-sex couples. This is what we’ve been saying all along folks! We don’t care about what the religions do, just let us marry civilly! Sen. [...]
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) | January 4, 2010
Time is running out for Gay Marriage in New Jersey. With only a few days left before an Anti-Human Rights Conservative takes over as Governor. Say what you want about Governor Jon Corzine, but he has his head screwed on right when it comes to LGBT rights. He’s promised to sign LGBT marriage into law [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 11, 2008
In a joint statement on Dec 10th, 2008 the following was released in response to the UN resolution to decriminalize homosexuality (see http://ethingtoneric.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/un-to-vote-on-gay-rights-us-stays-silent/) by Reverend Rebecca Voelkel, Institute for Welcoming Resources and faith work director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Harry Knox, director of Religion and Faith Program of the Human Rights [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2008
This was an article written by a dear friend of mine, Elaine Ball, in response to my article “Russell M Nelson of the Mormon Church Speaks on Equal Rights.” This is very well written and I thought highly worth sharing. Feel free to leave any comments and I’ll make sure that Elaine gets them and [...]
"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.