May 8, 2009

Marie Osmond Isn’t Anti-Gay (At Least Not Anymore)

Did I say “shocked”?

How things change in two years — and we’re happy to confirm that Marie Osmond is no longer suffering guilt-ridden icks about her daughter Jessica — although it’s not lost on us that it appears to have taken a jab from The Globe for Marie to actually step up to the plate and endorse “civil rights … for all,” which she did indeed, in a phone call to L.A.’s KOST 103.5:

On Monday, Osmond appeared on KOST 103.5 Lost Angeles and set the record straight, telling the host when asked about [her daughter’s lesbianism], “That’s not a sensitive topic. I love my daughter.”

Later on, Osmond stated, “When it comes to marriage, you know, I think that civil rights need to be for all.”

“You know, I think each of us has the right to choose who makes that medical decision for us, I think everybody should have the right to share homes and finances with somebody that they care about. You know on those types of things I’m very supportive. When it comes to marriage … I think that civil rights need to be for all. When you start mixing religion into that and beliefs, you know, I do believe in the Bible. My daughter understands my beliefs. And, and, uh, you know, God said to be married and be productive with your children and, and, you know, replenish the earth or whatever. She understands those things. My daughter is sharp. And we have a great relationship and I think she would tell you that.” …

Osmond acknowledged that “everybody has a right to believe what they believe,” but ultimately, “everybody has a right to have civil rights.” So although she did not explicitly state that she personally felt comfortable with same-sex marriage, she stated that gays and lesbians should enjoy equal rights in the eyes of the law.

For a Mormon steeped until overbrewed in the ideology of “celestial marriage” and “spirit babies,” we’ll have to give her a “Well done, Marie” — even if you left yourself some wiggle room to “clarify” later that you meant civil unions and not bona fide marriage — something the Mormon church itself is mealy-mouthing around at the moment, wanting you to think it actually supports civil unions, while doing its dang-diddly-darnedest to murder civil unions all over the country (most recently in Illinois and Hawaii), in the same way it drove a stake into the heart of marriage equality in California.

But honestly, we don’t think Marie is mealy-mouthing around the issue — she’s probably stopping just short of saying, “Fetch-all, yeah! I can’t wait to help pick out ugly attendants’ dresses for the wedding!” in order to save her butt from excommunication.

In any case, we take back every negative thing we ever said about Marie Osmond.

Reserving, of course, the right to change our opinion without notice.

Posted by: Sapphocrat

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