Log Cabin Republicans Utah president Mel Nimer will oppose the legislature's newest gay-friendly Mormon, Democrat Ben McAdams, hoping to become a senator representing Salt Lake City's east side. How very.

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I always thought censorship at the Deseret News was motivated entirely by politics. Think gay marriage: less coverage of couples hurt by their lack of access to marriage perhaps results in less political will for reform. But that's not the whole picture.

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Immigrants recently apprehended on suspicion that they are gang members or felons may have been identified as such based on nothing more than a nautical star tattoo. Big surprise: ICE has been doing similar things for nearly a decade.

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Utah Governor Gary Herbert welcomed the LGBT community last night at a reception hosted by Utah Log Cabin Republicans, but the gayest thing Herbert talked about was remodeling the Capitol.

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Soon after Whole Foods finishes their new Trolley Square superstore, near-east-side Salt Lakers will have another "greener" grocery chain to patronize: Sunflower Farmers Market confirmed with me today that they will move into Big Lots store on 700 East 200 South.

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Cafe Marmalade at the Utah Pride Center opened this morning with an unwelcome addition. Vandals spray-painted the word FAG"S (sic) in large black letters on their sign facing 300 West.

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The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that crosses placed on public lands to memorialize the deaths of Utah Highway Patrol troopers are a state endorsement of Christianity, thus they violate the Establishment Clause and are unconstitutional.

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update 11:53 a.m. 8-18-10: It occurred to me that I may have left out the most important details here, which is essentially that Sandstrom was able to conduct his press conference just fine--for a long time--without obtrusive interruption.

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As I was writing a blog post yesterday that mentioned an FBI raid of a vegan household in Salt Lake City earlier this year, I was unaware that the same household had been raided by the FBI again earlier that day.

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Salt Lake City's Boing Collective will host a presentation, discussion and potluck dinner--even a puppet show!--Friday to benefit the RNC8, a group of political organizers accused of conspiring to riot at the Republican National Committee convention of 2008.

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