[Vision2020] Say What?

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Thursday 13 May 2010 05:37:52 Tom Hansen wrote:
> "We cannot afford to have another sexually abnormal individual in a
> position of important civic responsibility . . . Social
> conservatives must rise up as one and say no lesbian is qualified
> to sit on the Supreme Court."
>
> - Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, on Elena Kagan
> nomination
>
> http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/fischer-no-lesbian-qualified-
>sit-supreme-court

Apparently Mr. Fischer isn't paying much attention to the real world 
while he engages in his fantasy life.

"Debuting June 11, 2002, as American Idol: The Search for a Superstar 
on the Fox network, the show has since become one of the most popular 
in the history of American television. It is currently the #1 program 
in the Nielsen ratings and is one of only three that have been #1 for 
five consecutive seasons, along with All in the Family and The Cosby 
Show." ... "Grammy award-winning pop singer and Emmy award-winning 
choreographer Paula Abdul was a judge for the show's first eight 
seasons." ... "On September 9, 2009, Emmy award-winning talk show 
host Ellen DeGeneres was confirmed to be Abdul's replacement for the 
ninth season." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol 

That to which Mr. Fischer apparently is not paying attention is the 
fact that Americans are affording themselves at the judging table of 
one of the most popular television shows an openly lesbian woman 
judge. More Americans, and a wider variety of Americans, pay more 
attention to American Idol than pay attention to the Supreme Court, 
and it may well be the case that the addition of Ms. DeGeneres will 
increase the program's viewership rather than cause people to turn 
away. Certainly those who chose Ms. DeGeneres to sit in the American 
Idol judge's chair knew more about her personal life than Senators 
know about SCOTUS-nominee Kagan's, and it may well be suggested that 
those who chose Ms. DeGeneres knew more about for what the American 
people are ready than does Mr. Fischer.


Ken