Movie isn't just pro-gay, but anti-marriage (Medved on Brokeback Mtn)

JWR ^ | Dec 18 05 | Michael Medved

[churchillbuff]

one key factor in the plot: both men are married, with children, and their long-standing relationship ultimately destroys both marriages.

Would commentators similarly applaud a story of cheating, if the adultery involved a married man and a married woman?

The main problem with "Broke Back Mountain" isn't that it's pro-gay; it's that the emphasis on following your urges rather than honoring your responsibilities is, at its heart, anti-marriage

[SteveMcKing]

And if being Gov of Texas is enough, then Ann Richards is a cowboy.

Qualification is not cause in itself. Any accomplishment that Ann Richards made as a cowgirl was only ceremonial. Photos of her indoors outnumber those of her outdoors practically 20 to 1, and the latter are always taken at political rallies - not in any context that is rustic or even Texan.