Eric Ethington and PRIDEinUtah Named CNN's "Most Intriguing Person"
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:Eric Ethington (Author) | March 16, 2012
UPDATE: After this post was written, and at 8pm at night on a Friday, Governor Herbert did, in fact, veto HB363. Salt Lake City – Twitterverse was buzzing last night with the news that the majority of delegates elected in the GOP Caucuses may be pro-Hatch. Now that he knows who he’ll face at convention, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 9, 2012
Utah – Conservative lobbyists The Sutherland Institute are emailing parents across the state, telling them to contact Governor Herbert and support HB 363, the recently passed Anti-SexEd bill. But are they misleading parents on the facts? In an email to parents sent out tonight, The Sutherland Institute (under the direction of Paul Mero) is encouraging [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 17, 2011
Delaware- The stars are aligning once again and the Diamond State is set to become the next state to legalize civil unions for gay couples. A statewide poll was just completed, and the numbers in support of the proposed ordinances are enormous. The latest poll, completed by Lake Research Partners, shows an overwhelming 62% in [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 15, 2011
The latest national poll has just been relased, and the vast majority of Americans want to see the so-called Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) repealed. Anyone have any guesses as to whether Speaker Boehner will listen or push forward with his laughable defense of the law? Last month, President Obama announced that the Attorney General and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 3, 2011
Maryland – Two of the delegates who had previously supported a bill legalizing full Marriage Equality have now backed off from their promises. One of them, Representative Sam Arora, is actually one of the co-sponsors of the bill. Not only is he backtracking, he’s deleting tweets showing prior support. Sam worked for Hillary. He worked [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 2, 2011
PamsHouseBlend tells us that according to the 2010 General Social Survey (GSS), for the first time in history the majority of Americans now support fully marriage equality! In case you couldn’t tell… this is a huge freaking deal folks! More details from Pam here.
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 8, 2011
Sydney, Australia – The battle for marriage equality in Australia is only getting bigger as several politicians have begun polling their constituents. The results are in and supporters are overwhelmingly outnumbering bigots. MP Malcolm Turnbull just finished polling residents of Sydney and Wentworth and received 1800 responses back. Out of those responses, 68% support legalizing marriage [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 25, 2011
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs took fire during a press conference as a reporter grilled him on Obama’s apparent flip-flop on same-sex marriage. Well he did… but now he doesn’t. Watch the video below. In 1996 as President Obama was running for the Illinois State Senate, he sent a letter to a local newspaper highlighting his positions [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 19, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT – State Senator Wayne Niederhauser (R, District 9) says he doesn’t care how much research comes out showing housing and employment discrimination against LGBT citizens is rampant, or how much public support there is for anti discrimination laws. He won’t support. This is precisely why PRIDEinUtah is hosting a rally at [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 13, 2011
A new crisis hotline called the “GLBT Empathy Line” is opening in Utah under the direction of Melanie Squire. Their first training is this Saturday starting at 7am. Do your good deed for the year, show up and help our teens out! The GLBT Empathy Line will focus on helping members of the LGBT community [...]
"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.