Category Archives: Gay Rights

Sexual orientation, religious freedom and law

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

Tweet Religious freedom is all about its “exercise.” There are no concerns in a free society about what religious people think, only about what religious people do. Public concerns about religious belief are rarely provoked by what a religious person … Continue reading →

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Will BSA take a well-intentioned but calamitous path?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Tweet By nature an upbeat and optimistic person, today I am experiencing feelings that are hard to describe. Upbeat they are not. More a combination of sadness and mourning about the fact that this afternoon representatives of the 290 local … Continue reading →

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My letter to the Boy Scouts of America

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Tweet The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations. The Boy Scouts of America is scheduled to vote later this month on its proposed nondiscrimination policy on sexual orientation for … Continue reading →

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Scouts, Saints and ‘sexual orientation’

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Tweet In 1993, between congressional jobs, I briefly worked on Capitol Hill for a national pro-family lobby. I remember a conversation with a former colleague who thought that whether a person was “born gay” or not was irrelevant to the … Continue reading →

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Politicization of homosexuality barrels on

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Tweet In the “gay rights” debate over the years, I have raised the point that the psychiatric and psychological professional associations normalized the condition of homosexuality because of politics, not science. Typically, my claim is greeted with jeers and laughter … Continue reading →

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Same-sex marriage and our better selves

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Tweet The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: Last week the United States Supreme Court received arguments in two cases regarding same-sex marriage. The Proposition 8 case out of … Continue reading →

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2013 Legislature: Testimony opposing antidiscrimination amendments (SB 262)

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Tweet Testimony given by Paul Mero Thursday, March 7, before the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee regarding Employment and Housing Antidiscrimination Amendments (SB 262): Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to add a voice to this hearing. … Continue reading →

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3 reasons BSA shouldn’t cave in

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Tweet The following post is a transcript of a weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: The Boy Scouts of America were scheduled this week to decide whether or not to lift its long-standing ban on accepting homosexual … Continue reading →

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Spinning the news to create wedges in Mormondom?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Tweet Just a quick thought on how the pro-homosexual media spins even the clearest statements to favor its ideological … oops, I mean journalistic … opinions. The Salt Lake Tribune’s religion reporter, Peggy Fletcher Stack, relishes every opportunity to create wedges … Continue reading →

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Activists launch their effort to overturn Utah’s marriage amendment

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

Tweet According to a recent news report, “gay rights” activists in Utah are filing legal briefs in the pending U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning the definition of marriage. Specifically, it is reported that these briefs are citing Utah’s marriage amendment … Continue reading →

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Homosexuality, the LDS Church, and the Supreme Court

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

Tweet Last week The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new website targeted to people struggling with homosexuality and the relationships they have within their families and faith community. In announcing this unprecedented outreach, LDS Church Apostle … Continue reading →

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A consequential time for marriage

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Tweet What if the U.S. Supreme Court imposed a policy of “gay marriage” on the entire country, in spite of the fact that nearly two-thirds of states maintain a traditional definition of marriage? On the other hand, what if the … Continue reading →

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Anti-discrimination laws and marriage

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Tweet Many people wonder why conservatives who speak up for traditional marriage and the natural family also often oppose fundamentally flawed laws that would add “sexual orientation” to anti-discrimination laws. If you ask some “gay rights” advocates, the answer is … Continue reading →

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The mistakes of ‘the gay mind’

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Tweet Recently I wrote about “the secular mind” in The Salt Lake Tribune. With this blog post I write about “the gay mind.” By way of preface, four items: First, I want to make clear that I’m speaking generally about … Continue reading →

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Same-sex marriage inevitable? Not so fast

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Tweet At a Sutherland Institute event in April 2011, Maggie Gallagher noted that victory in a war comes when one side believes it is no longer worth fighting. Thus, one of the most important arguments made by those who want … Continue reading →

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