It's the open-mindedness, stupid

Concerned Women for America (as opposed to the unconcerned?) are expressing their shared angst over an Armistead Maupin quote on the side of Starbucks coffee cups (see today's Seattle Times). The quote reads:

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don’t make that mistake yourself. Life’s too damn short.

According to CWA, Starbucks is "promoting a homosexual agenda," & "most of those quoted on the coffee cups are liberal." Corporate America, with all its money and influence, is poised to poison the minds of innocent Americans.

The group believes corporations have a responsibility to reflect the diversity of their customers by taking a balanced approach — or staying out of divisive social issues altogether.

Funny, they didn't seem to mind when Microsoft withdrew its support for House Bill 1515 that would have extended anti-discrimination laws to the LGBT community. CWA has conveniently forgotten that the Christian right-wing now controls all three branches of government, that 'intelligent design' is being taught in public schools across the country, although it is widely opposed by the majority of the scientific community, and that, "This year's state legislative season draws to a close having produced a near-record number of laws imposing new restrictions on a woman's access to abortion or contraception." (WA Post).

You got your UN Ambassador, you're going to get your young and handsome Supreme Court Justice, Rove's teflon coating is intact, and Judgement Day is clearly on its way, based on the weather alone. You're winning already. Leave us the words of our greatest artists and thinkers to keep us warm along with our morning coffee.