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Friday Letters Round-up
Brandon Burt- On the other hand, shaking your fist while running after teens who rap in the McDonald's drive-thru is excellent cardio.
Bizarro: Up is down; dogs are cats; Buttars supports gay rights
Brandon BurtSalt Lake City anti-discrimination ordinance -- and particularly the LDS Church's endorsement of it -- seems to have flung the anti-gays into some new, weird Bizarro World.
In Bizarro Utah, things am very different, as it were, from world we live on: State Sen. Chris Buttars may sponsor state-wide legislation protecting LGBT Utahns from housing and job discrimination. As Buttars was quoted in Rod Decker's 2News report:
Jam in the Marmalade: Neighborhood Council vote TONIGHT
Brandon BurtBeleaguered by polygamist neighbors, quirky state laws and quirkier local ordinances, Jam in the Marmalade is a neighborhood bar that has paid its dues.
8: The Mormon Proposition gets balanced AP write-up.
Brandon BurtI'm still eagerly awaiting the release of Reed Cowan's 8: The Mormon Proposition, so it was interesting to see that the Associated Press just gave the impending documentary a 700-word write-up.
The Chinese Year of the Cock: A cause for concern?
Brandon BurtThis via local blogger Eric Etherington:
Three years ago, Chinese calendar Year of the Cow: mad cow disease. Two years ago, Chinese calendar Year of the Bird: Avian flu. This year, Chinese calendar Year of the Pig: swine flu. Next year is the Year of the Cock: Anybody else worried?
Mistaking the battle with the war
Brandon BurtEquality Utah's Will Carlson made some great points during his Thursday interview with CNN's Kyra Phillips (see below), particularly in his observation that:
There is a time to find common ground and a time for division, and, on the issue of marriage equality, we still disagree with the position of the LDS Church. But, in a state like Utah, where you can still lose your job for being gay or be evicted just for being transgender, we appreciate what the church has done, and we praise them for the support that they have offered.
Friday Letters Round-Up
Brandon Burt- Americans fought and died for our right to wear as many "pieces of flair" as our conscience dictates!
Some gays will complain about anything
Brandon BurtAttention hot-headed gays: The Salt Lake City Council's unanimous approval of an important anti-discrimination ordinance is good news. And the fact that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unexpectedly announced its support of the measure is also good news.
Queer On Demand: Ellen Degeneres: Here and Now
Brandon BurtNow available: Ellen Degeneres: Here and Now (2003)
Synopsis: Ellen Degeneres delivers sixty minutes of standup, pointedly avoiding the whole gay issue.
Sen. Scott McCoy proposes congressional run on Facebook
Brandon BurtRep. Jim Matheson's Saturday vote against the health-care reform bill (he said it's too expensive and doesn't do enough to cover the uninsured) has a lot of Utah Democrats reconsidering their support of the conservative congressman.
After all, why waste energy backing a blue-dog who spends half his time voting with the Republicans?
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