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:Eric Ethington (Author) | September 15, 2012
Earlier today, the Sutherland Institute and the John Birch Society jointly sponsored the grossly misnamed “Freedom Conference.” Unfortunately, it seems facts were checked at the door – in favor of yet another echo chamber for Utah Republicans to spin their empty rhetoric. Attorney General candidate John Swallow (whom PRIDEinUtah has been told is under FBI [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 1, 2011
Champlin, Minnesota – A lesbian couple at Champlin Park High School overcame the odds after they were voted as royalty for a school dance but the school refused to allow them to attend together. After multiple lawsuits were threatened, the pair attended the dance amidst cheers from classmates. I read the first part about this [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 11, 2011
Ontario, Canada – After an international outcry this past week over a Catholic School District’s decision to ban Gay Straight Alliances and the District Chairperson Anne Lemay comparing them to Nazi clubs, the board is scheduled to reconsider the ban tonight. The ban actually passed back in November, but it wasn’t until this past weekend [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 6, 2010
A new study released by Yale University has found that LGBT yough (or non-heterosexual) youth are 40% more likely to be punished than their hetero piers by both courts and schools for the same infractions. How pathetic is this? Tipped by PRIDEinUtah reader Bill T. The research, described as the first national look at sexual [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 14, 2010
Minnesota – Another precious life has been lost, this time it’s Justin Aaberg at Anoka High School in Minnesota. So what does his school and teachers have to say about the anti-gay bulling? “We want to remain neutral on gay bullying.” Anoka-Hennepin School District watched at least 3 of their young LGBT teens committ suicide [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 14, 2010
Austin, TX – The Catholic liberal arts college St. Edwards has barred Equality Texas from participating in a campus volunteer fair. Should religious universities be able to ban people based on sexual orientation? This is that line we must draw between human-rights and religious freedom. Although I disagree with St. Edwards’ decision, if they do [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 8, 2010
New York – Governor Paterson has signed the Dignity For All Students Act (DASA) today, the state’s first law which includes gender identity/expression protections of any kind. The bill put protections in place for all students, including bullying over LGBT issues. The new law prohibits bullying and discrimination ”with respect to certain non-exclusive protected classes, including, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 30, 2010
Colorado – The Colorado Springs-based group Focus On The Family has released a statement bashing a pamphlet sent out to schools around the nation focused on anti-bullying. The bigoted group of sleazemouths claim that if hetero-students are taught not to bully LGBT-students, schools are teaching anti-religion. “Focus on the Family education expert Candi Cushman told [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 22, 2010
Kentucky – Cheyenne Williams, an 18 year old out-lesbian was abducted by 3 of her classmates on the Nationday Day Of Silence who tried to throw her off a local cliff. The 3 girls who abducted Cheyenne were apparently observing the anti-gay “Day of Truth” sponsored by national christian organizations like Exodus International and Focus On The [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 19, 2010
Bleckley County, GA – Derrick Martin, the hero gay teen from Georgia, and his boyfriend attended prom this weekend. Despite rumors, it was smiles all around. When Martin, 18, and his boyfriend Richard Goodman, also 18, stepped onto a makeshift “red carpet” and their names were announced, a few parents whispered but many in [...]
"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.