At last week’s meetup Laura brought a fun little sheet that people could fill out to tell what they were grateful for.  Laura’s example is here:

Diverse group of people
Regular meet up times
Impressive hosts 
Never boring
Kindred thinkers
Intellectually stimulating
New friends
Gorgeous server: Cherish

A group of us met 2 weeks ago to discuss the possibility of creating a Utah chapter of Marriage Equality USA. So far, we are organizing through the Facebook group for the most part. Our first meeting was at the Marmelade Cafe, and we had about 25 people attend. This might seem like a lot for a first meeting, but it really seems like a lot when you realize the meeting started at 7 am!

We came up with a lot of questions that Michael Mueller, the guy who is heading up this effort, is going to answer for us at the next meeting. Some of those questions are about whether we would benefit from joining with the national group, and what sort of expenses we would be looking at. Some of the attendees volunteered to reach out to public figures like Mayor Corroon, or to local gay-friendly churches. We were all asked to write letters to the editor, which will be shared with the group.

Our next meeting is Monday, November 24 at 8:00 pm at the Utah Pride Center. Anyone wanting to participate, but cannot make it in person can call in to the conference call at 1-218-486-8700, with the passcode: 72403. We will be following up on the action items from the first meeting, as well as finalizing our mission statement.

There seems to be a lot of interest, and our Facebook group has already grown to over 900 people. If you would like to join the Facebook group, find us under “Utahns for Marriage Equality”. We will be expanding our online presence soon, but for now that’s where it’s at.

The video is from just a few days before the election at the Moms For Obama rally in Salt Lake.  Military mom and DLer Carla gave a great speech as she always does.

Roy Zimmerman stopped by Drinking Liberally a few months ago before his show that night.  

Hey, Folks! · Might we suggest this as your apropos theme music ’til January 2009..?

And to hear Maya’s poem put to music, here’s my favorite singer, Ben Harper, doing just that:

Thanks to Dana for the video link.

“Wednesday November 5th, nurse your election hangover with a free film from the SLC FILM CENTER.
A perfect antidote to partisan politics:
BEYOND THE CALL- Be the Change
Westminster Film Series
Vieve Gore Auditorium 8pm.
Follow three ex soldiers who take a proactive approach to humanitarian aid and personally dispense supplies to civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous places on earth.” http://www.slcfilmcenter.org/?id=368
The SLCFC presents several films every month, many that we don’t get a chance to see elsewhere.
You can see their full calendar at:

http://www.slcfilmcenter.org/?id=5