[LomodiorCon]

Well, there's what's her name.

[vosteglog]

Originally posted by Aeson
Um... by "obscure" does that mean they're in the closet (without obviously being in the closet)? Because if so it would seem to be a given that they can't be readily found out (if they do exist). No, by obscure I just mean relatively unknown.

[Clolmemaexata]

The entertainment industry does not thrive on "relatively unknown" people, so half your question is automatically answered. As to the second part, who would watch a show or go to a movie to see plain and/or ugly people in the popular roles. Thus all the different, non-evil communities (including heterosexuals) are much better looking than any corresponding groups in real life. (Nerds are an exception to this mostly.)

[Afigenatjola]

Or gay heterophobes.

[Mappaindy]

Originally posted by Darius871
No, by obscure I just mean relatively unknown. You're asking why it's hard to find relatively unknown people?

[WrigleyMike]

Originally posted by Darius871
No, relatively unknown gay people. That doesn't make a difference, since the question is self-answering.

[Aztegjpl]

Hey Boris, did you go to any local demonstration on Saturday to protest California's Prop. 8?

[bubbachew14]

It's a proposition about who can proposition whom.

[loyalgagora]

Originally posted by MrFun
Hey Boris, did you go to any local demonstration on Saturday to protest California's Prop. 8? No.

1. I've never been to a protest, nor will I, probably. I think they are a pretty archaic and ineffectual method of changing people's minds in the internet age.

2. I don't live in California, so why should I be protesting something that doesn't affect my state one way or the other?

3. I don't think the ban will last long, anyway. It will either be struck down or back on the ballot next election.

[carletoxtrs]

Can't you just answer the question? What is proposition 8?

[Kolovorotkes]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Can't you just answer the question? What is proposition 8? It was a California ballot measure that requires obscure gay men to marry ugly lesbian celebrities.

MrFun's wedding to Rosie O'Donnell is scheduled this Saturday.

[mikefertynnz]

Okay Boris, I marry Rosie and you marry Sarah Palin.


Anyway, in all seriousness - Proposition 8 passed in California by vote which now prohibits gay and lesbian couples from legally marrying in that state.

Sadly, this will invalidate the 18,000 gay and lesbians couples who had already legally married when the Supreme Court had ruled earlier to permit equal marriage rights.

[Phywhewashect]

I see. Thanks MrFun.

[mincarlie.frymyer]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov

This is not certain. One of the problems with the measure was its lack of guidance on those marriages. That's one of the reasons the legal challenges to Prop 8 seem to have some merit. I don't know how the California supreme court could invalidate those marriages, since at the time they were performed, they had been considered an "essential right" by that very court. I know - I've seen this point before in news articles and here on Apolyton. I just really, really hope we prove to be right in this regard.