The majority of the people in the room were stunned to hear Michael Otterson issue an official statement from the LDS Church stating that, officially, the Church had no objection to the Nondiscrimination ordinance being discussed that eventing. To be sure, this statement represented a policy shift within the Church.
It soon became clear that the [...]
Archive for the ‘Equality’ Category
Analysis of LDS Churches Change in Tone on Tuesday
Live blogging – SLC Non Discrimination Ordinance
Hit F5 to receive updates – Please note that quotes are not accurate as I don’t have a playback option, however all quotes are in the spirit of what the speaker wished to say.
7:00 – Council members greet the near packed chamber building. All the big wigs of the GLBT community are ready to speak [...]
Stay Classy University of Utah
Oh, it is times like this that I am proud to be a Ute.
Photo stolen from Eric Ethington’s Facebook…
Racism – Alive and Well
Waiting to hear from a friend after getting off work, I decided to stop into one of my favorite local coffee shops, Mestizo, to pick up a cup of joe. After putting in my customary two cream and two sugar, a woman in her mid-forties asked me if I knew of any place close by [...]
The Hypocrisy of Jason Chaffetz
It should come as no surprise that Jason Chaffetz is opposed to the recent action by Washington DC to recognize gay marriages in the district. After all, being the Republican Representative of one of the most conservative districts in the nation will create results such as this with not so much as a bat of [...]
Common Ground in the Ground
And so, with all the compassion of a wolverine with hemorrhoids, the Utah State Legislature shot down the final bill associated with the Common Grounds Initiative.
Christine Johnson’s H.B. 267 would have made it illegal to discriminate against people just because they were different. It died in the House Business and Labor Committee, its motion [...]
America Forever Needs to Invest in English and Public Relation Classes
The saga continues…
Now, before I begin, I will fully acknowledge that I make my fair share of typographical, grammatical, and syntax errors while writing posts for my blog, but I work in a medium wherein I can make edits after making a statement.
Now let us suppose that you are a homophobe who is working in [...]
All You Need is Love
Many of you probably saw this in the Salt Lake Tribune yesterday:
Now instead of talk about how this document is full of lies and knee jerk statements designed to enrage rather than educate, I feel that we should discuss just one line in this terrible add.
This is not about Hate…
“This is not about hate?” [...]
Does Anyone Else see the Irony Here?
So I blatantly stole this from my Facebook friend William Carlson’s page. Now, grammatical errors aside, does anyone else pull a facepalm when they see this?
This protester is taking part in an impromptu protest at the Capitol today in response to Governor Huntsman’s statement that maybe teh gehs are not so bad and should [...]
Even more Sutherland Institute Fun
Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone…but I totally signed up for The Sutherland Institutes’s Facebook page (tee hee!). Though I am upset that they have 150 more members than Blue in Red Zion’s page…
Well, as you can imagine, they are none too happy about Governor Huntsman’s support of civil unions. In response someone from the [...]
