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Peg McEntee: Discrimination lives on in the Boy Scouts

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:09:37 MDT

Peg McEntee: Discrimination lives on in the Boy Scouts

by Peg Mcentee The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 24, 2013 10:09PM MDT

So, you can be out and a Boy Scout. But when you turn 18, you’re out for good. The Boy Scouts of America is being heralded as a forward-thinking organization that, after much deliberation, decided to let openly gay boys join a troop, go to camp, earn merit badges and learn to love campfires and charred hot dogs. But in excluding men 18 and older, it returns to open discrimination against gay men who are presumed guilty of something — being a normal guy and sexually active — and the BSA is perpe...

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Peg McEntee: Lessons of a ‘done deal’ streetcar in Sugar House

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:54:55 MDT

Peg McEntee: Lessons of a ‘done deal’ streetcar in Sugar House

by Peg Mcentee Tribune Columnist

Published May 22, 2013 09:54PM MDT

A few weeks ago, the Salt Lake City Council voted 4-3 to put a streetcar on a stretch of 1100 East in Sugar House, a popular and growing district that has become known as the city’s second downtown. At least in the early stages, the streetcar would run from 2100 South to 1700 South on a narrow, heavily trafficked street lined with homes, shops, restaurants and a busy post office. But city officials envision a more comprehensive public transit system that could reduce traffic and pollution in ye...

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McEntee: West Valley police’s baggage mars end of Powell probe

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:38:49 MDT

McEntee: West Valley police’s baggage mars end of Powell probe

by Peg Mcentee tribune Columnist

Published May 21, 2013 06:38AM MDT

If only a searing scandal about rogue cops hadn’t tainted the West Valley City Police Department, there may have been more sympathy for the officers who announced Monday that the active search for Susan Powell, and whoever is responsible for her disappearance, is over. Susan Powell vanished from her West Valley City home in December 2009 and has never been found. Her husband, Josh Powell, was the only person of interest ever named in the case, and he refused to cooperate with investigators. And...

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Peg McEntee: Be brave, Disney, don’t ‘sex up’ female heroes

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:27:09 MDT

Peg McEntee: Be brave, Disney, don’t ‘sex up’ female heroes

by Peg Mcentee Tribune Columnist

Published May 18, 2013 10:27AM MDT

Fans of the film “Brave” are outraged that Disney did a sexy makeover of Merida, the Scottish princess, expert archer and horsewoman who not only saves the day but also convinces her parents that she alone will choose the man she’ll marry. Brenda Chapman, who worked with the Disney-owned Pixar to make her film, says she based Merida on her 13-year-old daughter and intended the character to be a role model for all little girls. For her effort, Chapman won an Academy Award this year for writing ...

Peg McEntee: Grass-roots Mormons preach Earth-friendly gospel

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:46:54 MDT

Peg McEntee: Grass-roots Mormons preach Earth-friendly gospel

by Peg Mcentee tribune Columnist

Published May 17, 2013 12:46PM MDT

Just a few months ago, the Legislature repeated its demand that the federal government surrender 30 million acres of public lands to Utah so the state can make more money on them. That’s just the sort of thinking that the Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance (MESA) deplores, and why it wants its followers — more than 1,300 in more than 15 countries — to remember LDS teachings to revere the Earth, its sanctity, its people and the need to preserve it for generations to come. And, given that ...