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Suzanne Whang, host of ‘House Hunters’ on HGTV (Photo courtesy HGTV)
The “g” in HGTV doesn’t stand for “gay,” but it might as well. One of the best things about this cable network is how seamlessly it integrates gay people into its many home and garden shows. In one of our favorite examples, the network re-aired Feb. 11 an episode of “House Hunters” featuring Georgia lesbian couple Sally and Leah. With a toddler daughter and a new baby on the way, they wanted to move from Snellville to Roswell to cut down on commutes.
“House Hunters” presented the pair like any other family, and didn’t shy away from scenes that made clear they were a couple, from griping about their shared closet space to sitting with their arms around each other. So viewers around America got a lesson in gay family values along with learning the values of homes in the Atlanta suburbs.
Karl Rove (Photo by AP)
Former Bush adviser Karl Rove was grilled on everything from the Iraq War to gay marriage when he spoke Feb. 11 to students at Choate Rosemary Hall. Rove had originally been invited to address the Connecticut prep school’s June graduation, but was rescheduled after student protests.
Challenged by senior Marla Spivak to explain how gay marriages threaten other families, Rove brought up every old argument from polygamy to judicial activism, the Hartford Courant reported. Somehow, he failed to mention that opposing gay marriage helped elect his old boss by fanning the flames of homophobia.
Rove is an old foe of gay rights, but you’d think he could have come up with some new arguments by now.
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