Thanks to Eric Ethington for providing what I feel is a very unbiased recap of the Sacred Ground Initiative meeting that took place down in Lehi last night. Here are just a few of the interesting insights. On openness: (T)he Sutherland Institute sent out an email to many of the prominent gay activist leaders in [...]
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Bills to Watch: H.B. 288 – Adoption Amendments – R. Chavez-Houck
In the long line of good bills that should pass but wont, I present to you H.B. 288 as proposed by Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck (D – Salt Lake, District 24). This bill would radically transform who could adopt in the state of Utah. As the law currently stands the statue states: The Legislature specifically finds [...]
Bills to Watch: H.J.R. 2 – Joint Resolution Amend The Marriage Provision of the Utah Constitution – J. Biskupski
So, I downloaded the news to my virtual paper this morning (as I usually do) and noticed an interesting article as I transferred it to my showerscreen. I stumbled upon to an article discussing the ten year anniversary of the landmark case Johanna v. Texas – you know, the one that effectively overturned anti-gay marriage [...]
Bills to Watch: H.B. 267 – Antidiscrimination Amendments – C. Johnson
You know how some people have that one Black, Hispanic, Female, and disabled friend – you know, the one that magically makes it ok to be racist, xenophobic, sexist, and insulting at a party? Well guess what, as terrible of a human being as they are, they can’t act too close minded because the state [...]
Despite Today, Pro-Gays are Optimistic
So I am blatantly stealing this from Eric Ethington’s Blog, but I feel that it ties into my whole “Bills to watch” theme as, sadly, one of the major ones I was supporting today died a terrible, terrible death. Today the Utah Senate Judiciary Interim Committee denied the first of the Common Ground Initiative bills, [...]
Bills to Watch: S.B. 113 – Delayed Effective Date for Illegal Immigration Legislation – P. Jones
Many of you probably remember the debate concerning S.B. 81 last year. The bill was signed into law and provided sweeping change in regards to the enforcement of our immigration laws. Some of the lowlights included: Making the Attorney General contact the Department of Homeland Security to basically deputize police officers into immigration officers (an [...]
Equality Utah March this Saturday
So somehow, through my oh so vast network of people, I just received a text message informing me that there will be a march this Saturday, the 24th, to support Equality Utah’s Common Ground Initiative. The march will originate from Washington Square and work its way up State Street to the Capitol. Marching will begin [...]
80 years, Millions of Milestones
Tomorrow, the United States of America will swear in its first African-American president. 80 years ago a baby was born would help to lead a group to the promise land. It is amazing to think that in just four generations we can move from Jim Crow Laws to making the phrase “Obama Administration” something I [...]
Bills to watch: H.B. 225 – Drivers Licence Amendments – C. Wimmer
Though I have tried to stay on top of the majority of bills being proposed at the Utah State Legislature this year, I must admit that I do miss some of them due to their title. Today’s post is an example of just that – I read the title for H.B. 225 proposed by Carl [...]
Bills to watch: S.B. 32 – Wrongful Death Amendments – S. McCoy
Oh man, that crazy Senator Scott McCoy (D – Salt Lake, District 2) is at it again…For the third session in a row he is proposing that, get this, dependents or a co-dependent person get access to someone’s estate if their provider dies even if they do not have a blood relationship. Crazy, I know! [...]
