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Gays Deemed Kosher

By Christopher Beam
Posted Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, at 5:41 PM ET

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Liberal Robert Jung at Electric Escape attacks Mary Cheney's attempts to reconcile her sexuality and her father's politics: She and her partner "are currently living in Virgina, a state that's already banned gay marriage and whose courts have already established precedent that gay and lesbian parents don't have the same rights as heterosexual ones."

Conservative Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters rips into Concerned Women for America spokesperson Janice Crouse's description of Cheney's pregnancy as "unconscionable": "Ugh. I've never heard of a child being described as 'unconscionable,' which demonstrates the hysteria that accompanies the entire debate over recognition of gay relationships. Children and pregnancies are not unconscionable—or if they were, then they would present a perfect argument for abortion. Would Crouse prescribe that solution to Mary Cheney?"

Read more about Mary Cheney's pregnancy.

Lohan's rant: The New York Post's Page Six got its paws on an e-mail in which actress and tabloid favorite Lindsay Lohan tells friends that Al Gore and the Clintons will help her revamp her image. Bloggers mostly recommend ESL.

Gossip blog The Superficial is beginning to suspect Lohan "really is dyslexic. … I mean, she wants to release a "politically/morally correct fully adequite letter" to the press? I dunno man, most people usually aim a little higher than barely satisfactory." The Gilded Moose offers a painstaking critique of the e-mail, concluding: "Email us FIRST next time. We will help you. … Seriously, for our sake … and yours."

Todd at IDon'tLikeYouInThatWay summed up the consequences pithily: "Lohan's representative, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, couldn't comment because of the shotgun in her mouth."

Read more about Lindsay Lohan's unfortunate e-mail. Slate has the full e-mail here.

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