Reply #74: I get your point, Durham...

[Jankyn]

...but there were a couple of threads earlier on.

And here's my observation. I think that DADT has been upfront on policy precisely BECAUSE there are now gay people in positions of (relative) power to bring it to the top of the discussion. Can you imagine the coverage, even on a cable news show, of things like Uganda's "kill the gays bill," homophobes in high places, and DADT, if Rachel wasn't doing it? It wouldn't exist. Without a gay person to bring it up, such news is only in the gay media or the very back pages of the mainstream media.

And in case anyone missed it, both her interview segment and her final comment last night were fantastic. You can be sure SHE'LL call out anyone who says being gay is a "lifestyle choice."