Reply #43: difference between cultural backlash and political backlash

[disgruntella]

"Then came Ellen Degeneris (appologies for spelling), KD Lang, et al, Will and Grace and finally the Supremes.
They're saying 'enough is enough'."

Until you brought up the Supremes (Diana Ross came out? lol) all of the things you mentioned have nothing to do with civil rights. Will & Grace et al are part of popular culture, not politics, and they wouldn't even be on your brother's radar screen if it wasn't for some corporate media hack recognizing that there was a a market for that programming.

To echo my questions from post #39 - since when has fighting for civil rights been about making people comfortable? How uncomfortable is is for gays and lesbians to be called "sinners" by the president of our country?

I don't have much sympathy anymore for straight people who would "rather not think about it" -- no one's asking them for extended episodes of creative visualization. If they're burnt out on Will & Grace (I am!) they can change the channel. But that doesn't make it acceptable for them to deny people civil rights.