Demagogue

A lot has already been written about the hundreds of gay and lesbian families attending yesterday's White House Easter Egg Roll, I think everything that needs to be said has been said, mostly by Pam at Pandagon. However, I did want to bring attention to this headline by local DC news station Channel 9.

Gay Invasion At White House Easter Egg Roll?

I don't think I could come up with a more ridiculously offensive headline, can you? Gay and lesbian parents and their children attending a public, family event at the White House constitutes an invasion?!? What were they armed with exactly, chocolate machine guns loaded with Peeps and Cadbury eggs?

Oh, wait, I neary forgot about this CNN headline from last week-- You've Got to be Yolking!!?? It's certainly #2 in the competition for the Mainstream News Headline Most Demeaning to Gay and Lesbian-headed Families.