Richard Raddon, the director of the Los Angeles Film Festival who has been at the center of controversy ever since it was revealed almost two weeks ago that he had contributed $1,500 to the campaign to ban gay marriage in California, resigned from his post over the weekend.And our favorite appeaser, Bill Condon, again explains why evil is good and good is evil.
"I'm personally saddened by the outcome," said Film Independent board member Bill Condon, the writer-director of "Dreamgirls." "Someone has lost his job and possibly his livelihood because of privately held religious beliefs. I think the organization was ready to tough this out, but Rich ultimately decided it wasn't worth the cost. I'm not sure he was right."Not very private when he publicly donated $1,500 in an effort to revoke the marriages of 20,000 gay couples. And yes, one guy lost his job. 40,000 people may have lost their marriages. Millions of Californians definitely lost their civil rights. But I'm not hearing a lot of concern about any of those victims, only sympathy for their attacker.
When you use the power of the state to rip away my civil rights, and force me to live by your "values," you are no longer practicing your religion. You're practicing politics. And in politics, we have the right - nay, the duty - to fight back.
