Note to Andrew Sullivan: Don’t Blame Breitbart For My Thought Crimes

Dear Andrew Sullivan,

Thank you for your Halloween Daily Dish in response to my Big Hollywood blog about the latest LGBT assault on Mormons.  We actually met once, briefly, at DC Pride, circa 1990.  I had never heard of you or The New Republic.  I do remember liking your accent.

More recently, about five years ago, I shot you an email to say thanks for a column you’d written about the threat of Islam to gays.  You sent a nice thank you back.  I’ve also admired your calling the hate crimes bill “boutique legislation” and urging your readers to stop sending checks to the Human Rights Campaign.

I appreciate the restraint of your posting, “A Gay Voice Against Marriage Equality,” though the title concerns me a little, as the last thing I want is for LGBTers to assume I am some kind of Anita Bryant (she was very active when I was coming out, and we don’t need a repeat of that).  Few things are as terrifying as the thought of becoming the object of gay fury (which I understand you’ve had some experience with).  It’s a sorry state of affairs when people within the gay community no longer feel they can speak freely without risking ostracism or threats.  I sometimes wonder if there should be a hate crimes bill to protect gay people from other gay people.

That said, there are a couple of points in your piece I’d like to address.

First, one does not have to ”search high and low” to find lesbians and gays who are suspicious of the cause formerly known as same-sex marriage.  Contrary to popular mythology, not all of us feel a pressing need for “marriage equality,” nor do we derive our self-worth from the state.  I know gay Californians who voted for Prop 8 last year because they sincerely believe it is in the best interest of children (some of whom will grow up to be gay), and of society as a whole (which includes gay people), to uphold the ideal of the man-woman nuclear family. (more…)

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Tags: 8: The Mormon Proposition, Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Breitbart, Andrew Sullivan, Chastity Bono
Posted Nov 5th 2009 at 5:03 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics | 256154179 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cwinecoff/2009/11/05/note-to-andrew-sullivan-dont-blame-breitbart-for-my-thought-crimes/Note+to+Andrew+Sullivan%3A+Don%27t+Blame+Breitbart+For+My+Thought+Crimes2009-11-05+13%3A03%3A35Charles+Winecoff

Late Night Awards of the Week

While the President was pitching health care and the Speaker was rounding up support for Cap and Trade, the Late Nights were focused on Mark Sanford: a Republican governor that seemed like a comeuppance for Democrat Rod Blagojevich. In fact many of the hosts brought up the Illinois Governor in their jokes.

Craig Ferguson said after Spitzer and Blagojevich, the most normal governor was Jesse Ventura. He also said that a family values governor having a mistress is like Al Gore needing four SUVs to bring his lunch to him.(It was disappointing that Ferguson didn’t see the irony in his remark, because Al Gore DOES require multiple SUVs when he travels) Funniest line went to Conan O’Brien, who said the affair was a shock, because usually, Republicans don’t do well with Hispanic women. (more…)

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Tags: Blagojevich, Cap and Trade, Chastity Bono, Conan, jimmy fallon
Posted Jun 29th 2009 at 4:03 pm in Political Humor | 1733066 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/tslagle/2009/06/29/173306/Late+Night+Awards+of+the+Week2009-06-29+23%3A03%3A33Tim+Slagle

‘NewsBusted’ 6/16/09 — Fake News from the Right

In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: Iran’s election, European elections, Sarah Palin, David Letterman, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Sonia Sotomayor, Forbes magazine, Ryan Seacreast, President Obama’s teleprompter, Bret Michaels, Tony Awards, and Chastity Bono.

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Tags: bret michaels, Chastity Bono, David Letterman, European elections, Forbes magazine
Posted Jun 16th 2009 at 7:22 pm in Political Humor, Video | 1629142 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/newsbusters/2009/06/16/%e2%80%98newsbusted%e2%80%99-61609-%e2%80%94-fake-news-from-the-right/%E2%80%98NewsBusted%E2%80%99+6%2F16%2F09+%E2%80%94+Fake+News+from+the+Right2009-06-17+02%3A22%3A10NewsBusters