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What I love about this, among so many other things, is that it obviously mocks some of the more ridiculous aspects of the gay rights debate (I feel like everyone's arguments become ridiculous in this debate). But I think it highlights something else, too.
Personally, I think that the saucy, edgy, sexy (sexually oriented?) story about the gays fighting for their rights is very media-friendly. There is definitely an argument to be made about the momentum of the movement (I'm thinking of a certain proposition in California in particular) and its relation to the insane amounts of media support. What's not to love about the story? You can film crazy-eyed religious figures, spitting upon the damned souls whilst the flamboyant gay men kiss in front of them. You can't write scripts this saucy! And the human interest stories! You interview a religious figure (I don't know why I imagine a Southern accent here...) who recounts how it is devaluing the rights of her marriage and the tragic degradation of family. And then you interview a nice, modest gay couple who have been together for a decade and only want rights (marriage, visitation, insurance, etc), because one of them has cancer. Everyone knows that sex always sells, and there's nothing sexier than sex - except gay sex, apparently.
Thoughts?
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