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HUFFINGTON
10.07.12
Rupert Everett’s big mouth has landed him in trouble
again. This time he says his explosive comments about
gay parenting have put his life in danger. “I’ve now had all
this hate mail and there have been death threats, too,” the
actor, who is gay, told UK’s Telegraph. “All the queens out
there now have it in for me. I’m loathed by them.” Earlier this
month, Everett told the Sunday Times Magazine he “can’t
think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay
dads.” He has previously advised other gay actors to stay
in the closet for the good of their careers.
BACHMANN’S SYNAGOGUE
VISIT GOES AWRY
When Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) visited
a synagogue in the Chicago area on the eve of
Yom Kippur, some congregants walked out and
one immediately donated to her Democratic
opponent, Jim Graves. “The holiness of the room
and the holiness of the evening was greatly
diminished for me, if not completely destroyed,”
said Gary Sircus, who donated to the Graves campaign even though he does not
vote in Minnesota, according to The Chicago Tribune. “Our congregation values and
embodies tolerance, compassion, respect for individual rights