Arguments for and against same-sex marriage today
Plaintiffs, and attorneys from both sides of the issue, are preparing to face off – once again – over the legality of same-sex marriage. This time before a three-judge panel, at the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Thursday, April 10, 2014. But having witnessed this battle finally go to the mat, as…
LDS response to Ordain Women gets mixed reviews
The Human Condition – and the audacity of hope.
Utah! Where seldom gets heard – a discouraging word
Time to turn up the heat, in the disappearance of Susan Powell
. . (from Nov 6, 2010) . In the disappearance of Susan Powell, the latest word out now, is that Josh Powell is claiming “Susan left us behind.” Not only that, but Josh’s father, Steve Powell, has gone on record as saying he thinks Susan ran off with a boyfriend. It’s an especially disgusting set…
Naughty business in Utah will be taxing for some
(from Oct 12, 2010) . It sounds like the State of Utah has decided that if you can’t beat ’em, you might as well at least join ’em in making a sizable chunk of money off of adult oriented business enterprises. . In any event, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), won’t be stopping…
Liberty Institute’s amicus brief – a tribute to Monty Python’s Flying Circus
(from Sept 26, 2010) Utah has joined Idaho and Wyoming – along with Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina and Virginia – in signing on with some thirty different state family councils,* to the latest amicus brief filed Friday, with the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals, in again seeking to save…
Those Utah Highway Patrol memorial crosses . . . aren’t dead yet
(from Sept 17, 2010) Officials from the Utah Highway Patrol, along with those of two other state departments, are asking this time, that the entire 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturn the Aug. 18 decision by three of its judges, that says the roadside crosses memorializing fallen troopers must come down. In 2005,…
Execution of Sentence for a Killer
Two loud bangs end 25 years on death row for Gardner The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 06/18/2010 08:03:55 AM MDT Draper, Utah » Five shots. Four bullets. With two loud bangs in quick succession, Ronnie Lee Gardner’s quarter century on Utah’s death row ended. . . read more . . . In the Reader Comments following the…