Because Americans don’t know what to think until the guy who starred in “Footloose” tells them what to think, the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights organization, is sponsoring ads in New York to urge people to support gay marriage.
This one has Julianne Moore saying something like real New Yorkers support gay marriage.
Future ads will feature Kevin Bacon, Whoopi Goldberg, Fran Drescher, Kyra Sedgwick, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Sharpton? Whoopi? The Nanny? Seriously? Wouldn’t they be better off getting someone who has even an ounce of credibility with non-liberals who might be on the fence about gay marriage? But I think all they’re really doing is trying to tell people that all the cool people are cool with gay marriage so you wanna’ be cool too, doncha’ cool guy?
It’s laughable. Stupid. And because it’s New York, it’ll probably work.
September 15, 2010 at 5:39 am
If these fools promoted gargling with ammonia, they'd be charged with a felony. The sad part is that there are millions of other fools who agree with them.
September 15, 2010 at 3:24 pm
I always think that anyone who talks about "marriage" and "equality" in the same breath hasn't got a clue what he's talking about.
Or rather, they have some understanding of the contract aspect of marriage but none whatsoever of the sacramental side.
And if they understand the contracts part, and want to insist on it alone, why do they also insist government should not be involved in marriage? Who enforces a contract if not the law?
You can't have it both ways…
September 15, 2010 at 4:56 pm
They know where their paycheck comes from and how to get rehired. It is the "kiss butt" method.
September 15, 2010 at 7:57 pm
These people make it easy to know where I stand on any issue. If they are for it, I will certainly be against it!
September 16, 2010 at 1:46 am
I find it terribly amusing that cinematic nonentities like Kevin Bacon make grave pronouncements on such matters. I wonder who would think that an actor clearly of the second string (I mean, let's face it, a Paul Scofield he ain't) has any opinion worth hearing in the first place. And then again they will have an advert by something called "Whoopi Goldberg". Good grief.
A number of years ago I was on a film set in London and I overheard two technicians talking on some film-related topic. One of the phrases I heard was something to the effect that "to get hired in Hollywood you have to be Jewish, or masonic or queer". Considering the collection of Hollywood people signing on for the New York pro-homosexual ad I would add that you would also have to be daft.