Big Bad Bullies?

When the anti-gay crowd had to defend their gay marriage ban in Calif. court a lot of their witnesses didn't show up. The claimed it was because if they testified the big bad gay bullies would beat them up. The real reason was because their arguments were so flimsy they didn't want to be cross-examined in court.

Earlier this week was a staged reading of a play based on the transcripts of the trial and written by Dustin Lance Black, the guy who wrote the Milk screenplay. An A-list of actors lent a hand. It was a powerful evening of fine drama. There were, of course, lots of gay people in the audience. And one noteworthy person -- Maggie Gallagher, Board Chair of the National Organization for Marriage, a driving force behind the campaign to ban gay marriage in Calif. She was even portrayed on stage that evening. But one would think she would be afraid an auditorium full of big bad gay bullies. Not at all. We welcome everyone. Including Maggie. And she knows it.

A commenter noted that all the top anti-gay people -- Maggie, Tony Perkins, Don Wildmon, Gary Glenn, Robert George, Brian Brown, etc. -- walk around without bodyguards. So much for the scary big bad gay bullies.


Since the play Maggie has stepped down as Board Chair of NOM. Her replacement, of course, doesn't look any better.