Utah has a somewhat less than positive reputation in the world at large. The perception is that the Mormon influence is so strong that the state is little more than a theocracy in disguise. The reality is, well, that the Mormon influence is so strong that the state is more or less a theocracy in [...]

There has been much in the news about the “partial-birth” abortion ban that is soon to be made law. I found myself wondering exactly what this procedure was that was causing such an uproar. Today I read a description. Appalled doesn’t begin to cover it. Ron Fitzsimmons, executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion [...]

I don’t know if it comes across in my blog or not, but I’m really a right-leaning moderate when it comes to politics. Yes, I do have a few issues where I tend lean a bit left, social equality issues and the like, but for the most part I tend to fall on the right [...]

No one has ever accused Dubbya of being the sharpest tack in the box. So I suppose it is fitting, if upsetting, that he has signed a proclamation endorsing “Marriage Protection Week,” a media blitz organized by the religious right to halt and even reverse the advances gay and lesbian American have made in recent [...]

I am a regular consumer of Dan Savage’s sex advice column on gay.com. I love his irreverent approach which encompasses sometimes brutal honesty and a complete disregard for social taboos. Besides offering what I consider pretty solid advice, he is often quite entertaining. However, a letter from his most recent column broke my heart.

My partner [...]