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\n“Passion” and the call for a Constitution amendment banning gay marriage signaled “a perverse
\ncultural moment,” a reader from Florida writes: “I just don’t see the connection between Gibson
\nand anti-gay marriage movement, aside of the fact they fall under the ‘things Jan Herman doesn’t
\nlike’ category.” <\/P>
\n
\nwars wax and wane. And in recent days, as the nation furiously debated gay marriage, Mel
\nGibson’s movie, ‘The Passion of the Christ’ and Janet Jackson’s raunchy half-time show at the
\nSuper Bowl, the culture war seemed to be waxing again.”<\/P>
\n
\nthat’s not the only reason I linked them. I suppose I should have linked the Janet Jackson boobie
\nshow, too. What bothered me about the boobie thing is the federal government’s
\nreaction, courtesy of FCC chairman Michael Powell, not the boobie show itself.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"