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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Facebook [...]
“There are supposed to be a lot of bad people trying to get in tonight" The Sacred Ground Recap
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 [...]
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 [...]