American Idol<\/em>, and has continued to be a force to be reckoned with, appealing to a wide variety of fans from all over the world, has come out in favor of gay marriage.\u00a0 That\u2019s about predictable.\u00a0 I doubt there would be anyone in the entertainment industry left who would oppose it.\u00a0 The rates of homosexuality have long been higher in that particular arts\/entertainment quarter of society.\u00a0 Opposing gay marriage as an entertainer would be like working for a major bank and opposing money.\u00a0 It just won\u2019t fly.\u00a0 <\/p>\nGiven our society\u2019s growing impatience for those\u00a0who don\u2019t conform to the dogmas of the Left, and given the risk involved to one\u2019s reputation in opposing the dictates of the LGBT movement, and that in an industry where reputation is platinum, I can see why this would be her answer.\u00a0 Which is why, when it comes to looking for folks to inspire that inner moral compass, the absolute last place I look is the industry that exists to separate me from reality, if not my savings account.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Exhibit A.\u00a0 Carrie Underwood, the young talent who exploded on the international scene via American Idol, and has continued to be a force to be reckoned with, appealing to a wide variety of fans from all over the world, has come out in favor of gay marriage.\u00a0 That\u2019s about predictable.\u00a0 I doubt there would be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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