NEW YORK In recent years she has suggested that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Al Gore have or may have homosexual tendencies. Now columnist/author Ann Coulter has targeted former senator (and current candidate for president) John Edwards. Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin
The fact that we even have this story to comment upon is symptomatic of a much larger problem--that someone like Anne Coulter is still taking center stage on an issue of such importance as the societal perception of the appropriate rights and responsibilities of gays and lesbians. Reporting on what was said, by whom, in what forum, and what response was made are all of lesser import than the larger question--how should our democracy handle the question of balancing the rights of this minority against the rights of those opposed to this minority. It may be as central to our understanding of democracy as the race and women's righgts issue. That is the larger question--not what was said and who said it.
