This Day In Utah Gay History December 25th

December 25

1497-In Venice, Timeotoda Lucca of the Order of the Observants of St. Francis gave a speech at the Church on San Marco in which he blamed a plague terrorizing the city on sodomites.

Jorg Lanz von Liebenfels

1907 Jorg Lanz von Liebenfels and Guido von List  were German homosexuals who influenced Adolf Hitler’s interest in the occult. Lanz was a former Cistercian monk who had been excommunicated for homosexuality. After being expelled from the monastery, Lanz formed an occultic order called the Ordo Novi Templi or The Order of the New Temple (ONT). The ONT was an offshoot of the Ordo Templi Orientis which practiced tantric sex rituals. Many years before it would become the symbol of the Third Reich, Lanz and other members of the ONT raised the swastika flag over the castle which Lanz had purchased to house the order. Lanz chose the swastika, he said, because it was the ancient pagan symbol of Wotan, the god of storms. . Wotan, the inspiration for "Storm Troopers," was the Teutonic equivalent of Baal in the Old Testament and Zeus in Greek culture. Lanz had met Hitler in Vienna when the latter was 20 years old.  Hitler often visited occult bookstores and he used his contacts in some of them to locate Lanz after having trouble finding back issues of Ostara.  While he was destitute in Vienna, Hitler “hotly defended Liebenfels’ ideas against skeptics”.  In 1932, twenty-three years after that fateful meeting, Lanz wrote, “Hitler is one of our pupils...you will one day experience that he, and through him we, will one day be victorious and develop a movement that makes the world tremble”.  This proclamation, however, did not sit well with der Fuehrer, and he had Lanz’s writings banned in 1933.

1950-Time magazine ran its first article on homosexuality; it said that homosexuals should not work in government jobs because they are a security risk.

1951 -The Spirit of Christmas was accepted Monday in Salt Lake Court when approximately 60 minor offenders were given their freedom by City Judge Marcellus R. Snow. Judge Snow released the city inmates on a motion by Arthur J. Allen, Salt Lake Attorney, who pleaded “mellowness from the court in the spirit of Christmas.” Included among those granted amnesty were persons charged with drunkenness, vagrancy, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, petite larceny, and other minor offenses (SL Tribune page 14 Col.1)

1986- Ronnie Love Carver died. He was born on July 13, 1946 in Roxbury, North Carolina, to Paul and Bernice Carver. Ronnie Love Carver original owner-manager of The Blue Horizon in Ogden died of AIDS. Had operated the bar for five years. He was a veteran of the Viet Nam war. Michael Burton, Larry Hall, and Dallas went into a brief partnership as co-owners of the Blue Horizon

1987- Ladd Christensen age 24 employee of the Sun Tavern committed suicide after testing positive for AIDS.

1987- Gay drag performer and Salt Lake activist  Mark LaMar stabbed 3 times with a six inch

Mark Lamar

butcher knife by his ex-wife. “When he left the Christmas Party he went to his ex-wife’s to see his daughter Jackie.  There his ex-wife stabbed him 3 times with a butcher knife.  He ran to a 7-11 with her chasing him with the knife and there a cop saved Mark’s life.”

1991  C1 Keywords DOES ETIQUETTE TAKETIME OFF FOR ILLNESS?THAT DEPENDSByline: By Paula Huff   Your nose is runny and coughs shake yourbody on the day you have planned a dinnerparty. Should you cancel or go through with theget-together, potentially exposing everyone toyour illness?   The headache, muscle aches and fever ofinfluenza are racking your body and someoneextends a hand to be shaken. Should you shakehands, possibly passing on the virus?   These are questions of sick courtesy not addressed in books by the grand dames ofetiquette, Amy Vanderbilt and Letitia Baldrige.   Finding an answer is difficult. However, as inall etiquette questions, the solution should nothurt anyone's feelings and be mindful of goodmanners, said James McAndrew, a student ofLetitia Baldrige and partner in Tabula Rasa, SaltLake City stationery store.   ``What it all boils down to is common sense,''said Mr. McAndrew, though he doesn't knowhow to advise people about handshaking whenill  since it would be ill-mannered to refuse.   -- If you must travel by airplane while ill, try tofind a seat where you won't sneeze or cough onothers, Mr. McAndrew said.   -- If you've been invited to a dinner party andare ill, call the host and ask what he thinks, Mr.McAndrew said.   -- As for working, Mr. McAndrewencourages his employees to stay home when illto prevent the disease from being passed.   -- When you cough or sneeze, cover yourmouth, something few people do anymore.   -- Stay away from children and elderly peoplewhen ill.   -- Don't share a glass, spoon or silverware.   -- Wash hands frequently.   So far, the admonition to wash your handsfrequently and keep them away from  nose andeyes is the best modern science can give toprevent colds, said Barbara R. Mooney, nurseepidemiologist at University of Utah Hospital.   As for influenza, first get immunized, thenwash hands frequently and keep them awayfrom your face.   Colds and flu are most commonly passed likethis: Someone with the virus touches somethingor shakes someone's hand. The healthy persontouches the same object, then their nose oreyes, said Ms. Mooney.   ``Noses and eyes have mucus membranes,''Ms. Mooney said. ``These can have micro-cutsand abrasions that allow a virus to transfer to theblood stream or from the lymph node system tothe blood stream.''   Once in the blood stream, the virus takes holdand causes illness.   The best hand-washing technique is to wethands, apply soap, rub hands together todistribute soap evenly and create friction, then rinse for 10 to 15 seconds, said Ms. Mooney.   ``It doesn't matter what temperature the wateris, and no particular type of soap is needed.''   If frequent hand washing is impossible, keep baby wipes next to your desk.   Viruses can be airborne too, being passedwhen someone sneezes or coughs, said Peggy   Eklund, communicable disease supervisor for Salt Lake City/County Health Department.   Once in the air, the virus is breathed in andenters the lungs, which are bathed in blood.From there, it passes to the blood stream.   Viruses are rarely passed by mouth or throughfood because saliva and gastric juices create  ahostile environment.   ``Kissing someone is not as bad as touchingsomeone's eyes or nose,'' said Ms. Mooney.   Because there are so many cold viruses -- upto 200 -- and influenza viruses with each  actingdifferent, no one knows when a person iscontagious, said Ms. Eklund. The mostcommon belief is 24 hours before coming downwith the symptoms and up to five daysafterward.   ``So, if someone is ill, with a fever

1995- The sudden death of Keith Jones on Christmas morning, 1995, stunned friends and associates on two continents. Born April 13, 1947 in his grandfather's house in Abertillery, Wales, he was educated in London and received an advanced degree from Leicester Polytechnic University. An associate of the Royal Institute of Chartered Building Surveyors, his clients included the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Royal Opera House, members of Parliament and the House of Lords, and former Prime Minister Sir Harold Wilson, whose wife became a dear friend. In America he was employed by the Episcopal Church, first in Los Angeles and then in Salt Lake City. Until the time of his death, he enjoyed working as facilities manager for Sarcos Corporation of Salt Lake City. Keith did not see this world as it is, but envisioned it as it could become. From bare soil he could coax a fantastic profusion of flowers. With antiquarian charm and contemporary wit, he nurtured a community of friends who grew to depend on his caring and uncanny ability to analyze any problem and devise an ingenious solution. He was devoted to fine music and organized concerts in London's Royal Festival Hall and Covent Garden, in Salt Lake's Abravanel Hall, and in smaller halls and homes throughout Utah. Our adorable Welshman, this English gentleman was a gardener who cultivated beauty. He danced and sang his way into our hearts, and was stricken too young by pneumonia related to AIDS. He is survived by his loving companion, Craig Miller; Keith requested that his ashes remain in

Craig Miller

Utah, his chosen home. As Rupert Brooke penned, If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware - Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam. A body of England's, breathing English air Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. In honor of Keith's life, a Requiem Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at noon on Saturday, December 30, followed by a tea party--bow ties encouraged. The family greatly appreciates flowers and donations to St. Paul's or other charity.

2013 10th Circuit Court denies same-sex marriage stay 10th Circuit • The judges in Denver refuse to grant Utah's request to put an emergency stop to issuing the licenses.  BY MARISSA LANG THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PUBLISHED DECEMBER 25, 2013  same-sex marriage has been legal in Utah for less than a week, and already, the state is running out of options to stop it.Late Tuesday, the 10th Circuit Court in Denver denied Utah's request to put a halt to the marriages, hundreds of which have been happening throughout the state since Friday. According to the order, the state failed to demonstrate it was suffering "irreparable harm" as a result of the legalization of same-sex marriage and also failed to show it had a "significant likelihood" of prevailing in its appeal to the circuit court.  The appeal asks the high court to overturn U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby's ruling that overturned Utah's constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions. But given Tuesday's decision, which declares the state isn't "significantly likely" to win its appeal to the 10th Circuit, experts said, a reversal of Shelby's ruling seems dubious. Acting Attorney General Brian Tarbet told The Salt Lake Tribune moments after the decision that the state would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, in hopes of obtaining an order to stay, which would immediately put a stop to gay and lesbian couples being granted marriage licenses. He said a motion was being prepared and would be ready to go by Thursday. "I wouldn't say [the 10th Circuit's decision] comes as a surprise," Tarbet said. Because each circuit court is assigned to a Supreme Court justice, Utah will be appealing to Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor will have the option of considering the state's request herself or referring it to the full court. If she considers, and subsequently denies, the state's request for a stay, Utah's last option is appealing to the Supreme Court itself. Tarbet said the state is prepared to do just that. University of Utah law professor Cliff Rosky, who also serves on Equality Utah's board of directors, said the standard for receiving a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court is much higher — and more difficult — than receiving a similar order from the district court or appeals court, both of which have already refused to stop same-sex marriages in Utah. The state would have to prove the 10th Circuit Court "clearly and demonstrably" erred in refusing to halt same-sex marriage in this case. "It's basically asking, Was the 10th Circuit's decision reasonable? Could a reasonable argument be made for making the decision the 10th Circuit made?" Rosky said. "It doesn't matter if the Supreme Court agrees with the ruling, what matters if it was reasonable. If it was, it stands." Thursday's motion will be Utah's fifth attempt at getting a stay imposed to stop gay and lesbian weddings. Peggy Tomsic, who represents the six plaintiffs in the Kitchen v. Herbert lawsuit, said the high court's decision Tuesday left her speechless, and serves as an early Christmas present to her clients. "I was just like, 'wow.' It gives me such confidence to see our judicial system following the letter of the law ... in the face of such a high-pressure, volatile issue," Tomsic told The Tribune. "It indicates to me that [the courts] realize the magnitude of this issue." Included in the denial, issued by Judge Robert E. Bacharach and Judge Jerome A. Holmes, was an order to expedite the court's "consideration of this appeal."  That means the court will waste no time in moving along Utah's appeal and could hear the case in a matter of months. "They're moving ahead quickly and have already stated — in this most recent denial — that the state is not likely to prevail on an appeal," Rosky said. "If the 10th deny's the state's appeal, that would mean not just one court, but two federal courts believe state laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional." Utah filed its emergency stay request with the 10th Circuit on Monday — barely an hour after Shelby denied a similar move to halt same-sex marriages due to Utah's concern over the "status quo" and the "irreparable harm" these marriages stand to cause to the state and its citizens. The longer same-sex marriage is allowed to continue in Utah, the more licenses will likely be issued and the more couples will likely wed. All but four counties in Utah were issuing same-sex marriage licenses Tuesday. It was not immediately clear how the appellate court's decision would influence the four holdouts. "Time is of the essence to stop these marriages by staying the district court's injunction," according to the state's motion. "[Same-sex marriages must be stopped] in order to maintain the historic status quo of man-woman marriage that the state and its citizens validly enshrined in the Utah Constitution." According to an email from Gov. Gary Herbert's office to his cabinet Tuesday afternoon, most state agencies are seeing "minimal or no impact" as a result of same-sex marriages taking place. The appeals court is not expected to decide whether to overturn Shelby's decision for at least a few months. Utah was seeking a stay to prevent more same-sex marriages from happening until that case is decided. Marriages granted since Friday will be unaffected by any ruling granting a stay, according to legal experts. "Right now," Tomsic said, "the status quo in Utah is hundreds and hundreds of same-sex couples have been granted licenses and are now married."