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Palin's Ventriloquist, Dish Reader

By The Daily Dish
Nov 17 2009, 11:16 AM ET

Lynn Vincent, the author of Palin's new book, launches an attack on me during the preamble to her interview with Carrie Prejean:

Andrew Sullivan, who blogs at The Atlantic’s website, read my arguments in favor of traditional marriage, and summarily crowned me a “fanatical homophobe.” Others, to use Perez Hilton’s term, followed suit.

Had Sullivan bothered to reach out for a reasoned dialogue, I might’ve shared with him that my sister Lori, an articulate, politically active lesbian on the progressive left, has had with me some pretty productive discussions on gay marriage. That for me, it’s about more than “the Bible tells me so”; it’s about the collision of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

I might’ve shared with Sullivan that the maid of honor at my wedding was my best friend, CM, and her longtime lesbian partner. Sure CM looked a little athletic schlepping down the aisle in her 1980’s tea-length, peach satin dress with dyed-to-match pumps. But then neither one of us walks like Carrie Prejean.

…Who, incidentally, learned her sexy pageant walk from a gay man.

Here's the post Vincent is referring to. Media Matters digs through Vincent's record.

(Hat tip: Smith)



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