Did anyone catch Larry King last night where the tag line was:
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Tonight, the debate over gay love and gay marriage heats up after "Brokeback Mountain's" big night at the Golden Globes. We'll get into it with conservative radio host Janet Parshall; also joining us the openly gay actor Chad Allen; R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Guy Padgett, openly gay former mayor of Casper, Wyoming, the city where Matthew Shepard was murdered for being gay and the state where "Brokeback Mountain" is set. It's all next on LARRY KING LIVE.
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Here is a link to the transcript -
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...17/lkl.01.html
It was a good show that revealed a little bit of the positive, more accepting light of the effect of this movie on people who otherwise want to preclude anyone from living outside of their warped perception of their religion. I get that these people are still mostly the majority, but the vibe I got was that this movie, even if just a little, is softening that posture in this area.
On edit - it wlways amazes me that people cannot see that having the govt. validate only one aspect of a major religion (not all Christians believe same sex marriage is wrong) is a bad thing. I guess because they are in the majority they cannot see that that sword could cut them as well if they were not in the majority. Thus, I conclude that the best way to deal with this and all religious issues is to keep them out of govt. The govt. should give no automatic benefits for any marriage (hetero, homo, polygamous, etc. ) - marriage should be a solely religious idea and it should stay there. But, the religious zealots need the gvot. to validate their religious ideals - plus, it is one hell of a money maker for them. If you want to fill your church - preach hate.