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Quips & Quotes

QSaltLake Staff — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:57:13 +0000

“I think it’s a local issue. I think each community should implement what’s best for their community. On an issue like this, I think mandating that La Verkin have a similar ordinance to Salt Lake when their community values may be diametrically opposite … I think that’s further than we ought to be."

Not as I do

QSaltLake Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:42:54 +0000

In May, 2011, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said, “By definition, if you run for president, anything is on the table.” He was also a huge proponent of using the media to air the president’s dirty laundry and during the Monica Lewinsky scandal Gingrich lead the fight to expose former President Bill Clinton’s infidelities. But apparently he forgot his principles during a recent Republican debate when he told CNN’s John King, “I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.” King was asking about an interview with Gingrich’s second wife who said he wanted to have an “open marriage.”

Sanctity of marriage

QSaltLake Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:39:51 +0000

GOP presidential candidate and current frontrunner Newt Gingrich is hitting all the headlines because his second wife told ABC News he wanted an open marriage. Gingrich refuted the claims and attacked anyone who might ask him about the allegations. But Gingrich didn’t want an open marriage – he wanted a mistress, as activist and author Dan Savage said, “Newt Gingrich wants us to know that he did not ask his second ex-wife for an open marriage. An honest open relationship was never on the table. Newt and Callista’s six-year-long adulterous relationship was grounded in deceit and betrayal from the start, and Newt and Callista never wavered from the path of deceit and betrayal.”

Queer Valentines

QSaltLake Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:19:28 +0000

Nine years ago today (Valentine's Day) you asked me to marry you. Nine years ago, I did. Through every twist and turn of life, you have been there. In every harebrained idea or crazy project, you have supported me. In crisis and tragedy, you have been my rock. I couldn't ask for anything more, except another 90 years together. I love you to the moon and back again, around the world and home again.

Mat Kearney shares inspiration and his love for Utah

Seth Bracken — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:55:48 +0000

From beat-driven and catchy tunes, to honest and soul-baring love songs, few artists have the same brutal individuality as Mat Kearney. His third album, Young Love, blends some of the best aspects of an indie sound with more pop, radio-ready hits. Kearney spoke with QSaltLake about his inspirations for writing, his previous visits to Utah and a music video he’s shooting in Salt Lake. He’ll be at In The Venue on Feb. 13, 8 p.m. Tickets are available through SmithsTix.com for $18.

Local author articulates fraud case against LDS Church

Seth Bracken — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:21:57 +0000

In a familiar, but stunning and beautifully-spun story, An American Fraud: One Lawyer’s case against Mormonism is part memoir and part sharp, well-researched criticism of the LDS Church. Author Kay Burningham opens the book with her personal journey and documents the mistreatment, sexism and misogynistic management she faced being raised Mormon and living the standards of the Church.

Püre at Club Sound

Annalisa Millo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:07:52 +0000

For the few years I’ve been legally allowed to patronize bars and clubs, the Friday night queer-friendly Club Sound has always been a good go-to. Once called Gossip at Club Sound, then Püre at The Rail, and now Püre at Club Sound, Nova Starr has quite the following in Salt Lake City and, let’s be honest, we go where Nova Starr goes.

The iron ladies

Chris Azzopardi — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:28:42 +0000

Nothing can stand in the way of the almighty Meryl Streep — except on this particular afternoon. At a New York City hotel, in front of a room full of journalists from mainstream press, she braces herself for what could be the ultimate career challenge. The mission? Answer a “gay” question.

Behind closed doors

QSaltLake Staff — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:40:48 +0000

So, here it is time for the Utah Legislature to once again inflict their moralistic views on the residents of Utah, whether we like it or not. Hopefully they will not do any ill toward the gay community, however, it’s unlikely they will do us any good. No matter how awful this year’s 45-day session may be, it will never compare to the mother of all gay bashing that occurred on Capitol Hill in the 1990s.

Nondiscrimination, revisited

Bob Henline — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:56:36 +0000

This year Sen. Ben McAdams is at it again. I mean really, the nerve of this guy to think that all Utahns should be treated equally and with respect; how does he justify such ridiculous positions? Forget the fact that more than 70 percent of Utahns agree with passing a statewide nondiscrimination bill, what do ‘We the People’ know, anyway?