(And, on a personal note, the Republican controlled state Assembly regularly passes a basic gay-rights bill and the Democrat controlled Senate always bottles it up in committee and will not release it for a vote.)
der Brucer
Where I live, Cobb County, is hard-core Republican...home of Newt, Bob Barr, Phil Gingrey--big supporter of anti-gay legislation. This is the county that passed an anti-gay resolution that was started because a Baptist Church got all up in arms about "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" having "gay content". Not a surprise that they didn't even SE the production. They enlisted two county commisioners and a powerful lawyer to get this through.
The result was that arts funding was cut out of the budget for several years. (We also had a big battle about evolution stickers on textbooks...)
Because of this, the Olympic torch didn't make its way through our county, events that were scheduled here were cancelled, and it was a black eye on our community for years. (The city of Marietta, where I live, has a totally different demographic than the county.) Fortunately, these Republican commisioners were voted out in the next election and the resolution was rescinded.
And for those of you who don't like Joanne Woodward: once she heard about funding cut for this theatre, she donated a very large sum to them to help keep them going. Hopefully that will raise her stock here!