Stolen directly from Curtis Haring’s blog, this is the a copy of the text from the homepage of the new formed SarahPAC, with Haring’s own comments added.
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So here is, word for word,what the website states – with my own commentary thrown in:
SarahPAC believes America’s best days are ahead (because the last eight were terrible). Our [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The New “SarahPAC”
Posted in Political, tagged pac, sarah on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gay Rally Seeking Common Ground
Posted in Gay Issues, Political, tagged 24, bills, City, Common, equality, Gay, Ground, housing, initiative, jacob, Jan, Lake, legislative, legislator, protection, protest, Rally, Salt, SLC, utah, whipple, workplace on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today, hundreds of Utahns marched from Washington Square in SLC up State St to the Capitol Building in support of the “Common Ground Initiative.” The weather? Not the most pleasant, freezing rain coming down the whole time, but it failed to stop the enthusiasm as marchers chanted the full 7 block march.
Jacob Whipple, who also [...]
Talking to Senator Buttars
Posted in Gay Issues, Political, tagged activism, activist, bread, buttar, buttars, chris, common ground, common ground initiative, conservative, democrat, draper, elaine, elaine ball, Equality Utah, Eric, Eric Ethington, Gay, gay marriage, gay rights, greg hughes, homo, homosexual, LDS, legislation, legislator, meeting, Mormon, pride, pride in your community, pumpkin, rep., representative, republican, salt lake city, senator, SLC, speaks, utah, west jordan on January 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Senator Chris Buttars
Eric Ethington and Elaine Ball
Some of you may know that I am the founder of the group PRIDE In Your Community, a LGBTQ and ally group that performs community service projects in an attempt to bridge the gap between the LGBTQ community and the rest of Utah. This past Saturday, Jan 17th, we [...]
Intensive Look at the Debate Over LDS Prop 8 Involvement
Posted in Gay Issues, Political, tagged CA, California, church, finance, Gay, gay marriage, gay rights, LDS, leaders, Political, Prop 8, salt lake, SLC, tax, utah, video on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I found this story today about the LDS church’s financial involvement in Prop 8, it’s extremely well done.
Maine Joins the Fight For Equality
Posted in Gay Issues, Political, tagged dennis damon, equality, Gay, gay marriage, gay rights, gender, heterosexual, homosexual, john tardy, maine, marriage, massachusettes, new england, same sex marriage, same-sex, senator, study, survey, UM, university, university of, University of Mass on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just one month after gay-rights advocates announced plans for all of New England to have Gay Marriage on the books by 2012, Maine has joined the long list of states with Same-Sex Marriage bills coming up for votes.
Senator Dennis Damon proposed the new bill, saying that after watching the results of [Maine's] domestic registry, “it is [...]
Utah Gay Rally held at Delicate Arch
Posted in Gay Issues, Political, tagged 2009, Arches, christine johnson, common ground, common grounds initiative, Delicate arch, Equality Utah, gay marriage, gay rights, initiative, Jan 10th, legislative session, march, michael mueller, moab, Rally, salt lake city, utah on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congrats to “Utahns For Marriage Equality” for their successful rally at Delicate Arch in behalf of the Common Grounds Initiative! Full story and video are at:
http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8229701&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1
Florida Goes After Transgender Protections
Posted in Gay Issues, Political, tagged bathroom, citizens for good public policy, commercial, florida, Gay, gay rights, lesbian, lesbians, perverts, protection, public, restroom, transexual, transgender, transsexual on January 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In Gainesville Florida, several groups are attacking the new city protections that allow for Transgendered individuals to use whichever restroom (at public places) they are most comfortable with.
Relatively, it would seem to me that although this protection is very important to Transgender individuals, it should be, for the most part, a non-issue for others. But [...]
“FAMILY” Groups attack Suicidal Gay Teens
Posted in Gay Issues, tagged American Academy of Pediatrics, american family association, children, depressed, depression, drug use, drugs, Ex Gays, family, Gay, gay teens, homo, homosexual, Journal, kids, orientation, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, Regina Griggs, rehab, rehabilitation, San Francisco State University, SFSU, study, suicide on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The group “Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays” released an article on Jan 6th saying that a recent study conducted by San Francisco State University on the link between gay teens who turn suicidal when parents reject them is just an attempt to promote “Gay Affirmation.”
“The way in which parents or guardians respond to a youth’s [...]
