The Week: Gay Marriage In Brief

Blame Tony Blair, said the Daily Mail. He said the Tories were out of touch. So Cameron tried to detoxify their image. Gay marriage is Blair's "dire legacy".
Mind you, most people support gay marriage now, said the Mail On Sunday. Whole thing's a mess, though. Everyone's upset.
It's a "culture war", said the Daily Telegraph. They have them in the US. Clegg called opponents "bigots". Bigots leave the Tories.
There's an easy solution, said the Sunday Times. Cut religion out of marriage altogether. Simples.

The Week.

PS I'd like to think the cover suggested the imminent death of the gay cake-topper as a way of illustrating stories about equal marriage, but guess how they illustated the story inside...

Jim Parsons: And On That Non-Bombshell...

'When Jim Parsons, the Emmy-winning star of CBS' hit comedy The Big Bang Theory, publicly confirmed that he is gay this week, he didn't announce it in a hyped TV interview, or declare "Yep, I'm gay" on the cover of Time magazine. Instead, the 39-year-old actor casually shared the information with The New York Times' Patrick Healy, who mentioned Parsons' sexuality and his 10-year relationship with a man almost in passing, near the end of a lengthy article on Parson's role in a Broadway revival of Harvey. It was the kind of low-key coming out that's becoming increasingly common. Here, a chronological look at how we got from "mega-outings" to casual exits from the increasingly transparent closet...'

The (US) The Week on how (US) celebrities now tend to come out in passing, rather than splashing it all over the front page.

It's a fair point.

But seeing as they can only name three other sorta famous dudes who've come out in the last two years - Jonathan Knight, Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer (who? etc) - it's hardly like fags is busting (quietly) out all over, is it?

Bradley Manning: "The Gay Defense"

The American magazine The Week gives a round-up of the (poor) media coverage of Bradley Manning's legal team's unexpected decision to use "a gay defense" - after many of his supporters had argued his sexuality was irrelevant to the case.
My favourite "think" piece in the insanely offensive stakes is Homosexuals Support Gay Soldier In Treason Trial from Far Right Side News.
Subtext: Ya can't trust dem fags.
If you want to cut through the distortion, Kevon Gosztola at Firedoglake.com has been live blogging from the hearing since it began.

PS The Passion Of Bradley Manning by Chase Madar will be published in February.