Motley Moose – Archive

Since 2008 – Progress Through Politics

Thanks For Letting Me Keep My Dad. For Now.

I know there’s been a lot of press about this in recent weeks, but this is a topic that I’ve discussed with my peers and family for years, and this is a topic I personally feel very strongly about, so please forgive me.

I have had continuous healthcare coverage from the day I was born, up until my early 20s. Healthcare was never something I really ever had to think about. As far as I was concerned at that point, I would be able to walk into any hospital or doctor’s office that accepted my insurance card, and if I was sick I would magically be taken care of. I know now that was mainly because of both my youth and naivety at the time about how healthcare worked, but I digress.

The Opinions of a Utah Lesbian

With all of the hubbub in the news lately about gay marriage and how the LDS church in Utah stuck their noses a little too far into the whole mess, I was asked to add my two cents. Why me, you ask? Because I am a bonafide lesbian living in Mormon Mecca: Salt Lake City, UT.