# Hey, good for Miley Cyrus! The fundies are mad at her. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2009, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-good-for-miley-cyrus-the-fundies-are-mad-at-her/494954 "2009-05-01T10:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-good-for-miley-cyrus-the-fundies-are-mad-at-her/494954/101 "2009-05-05T04:04:17Z")
**jtgain** said: > [@](#): > > I’ve never understood why this matter. Who cares what Miley Cyrus thinks about the issue? If Miley Cyrus was against gay marriage, would that change any minds? Of course not. She is an entertainer; my daughter likes watching her and she seems to promote quality values on her show. > > If in her private life she snorts coke off of a gay stripper, I could care less. > If in her private life she is a virgin who goes to church every day, I could care less. > I don’t care if she’s a communist. Who gives a rat’s ass? _You_ may not care. _You_ may be a mature adult who has learned to tell the difference between enjoying a celebrity’s performances and admiring that celebrity. But Miley’s fans are mostly teen and 'tween girls. I can assure you a lot of them give a rat’s ass what she thinks. Quite more than a rat’s ass. Maybe a whole herd of cattle’s asses. Miley’s attitude might change minds. No, not the minds of conscientious adults who have reasonably considered the matter, and not the minds of bigoted adults who are reacting to prejudice. But maybe the minds of young girls (and boys?) who haven’t been as exposed to tolerant attitudes and haven’t personally faced the issue of having a best friend out. Having someone they admire express a compassionate and tolerant attitude may give them the opportunity to consider the matter in a different light than they get in church and home. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-good-for-miley-cyrus-the-fundies-are-mad-at-her/494954/102 "2009-05-05T04:20:55Z")
Following on from what **Irishman** said, I would say that _Queer Eye for the Straight Guy_ and _Will and Grace_ have done more to advance gay rights in America than Lawrence v. Texas or any gay rights campaign. They’ve helped to bring homosexuality from society’s fringes to the mainstream and humanized gays and lesbians. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-good-for-miley-cyrus-the-fundies-are-mad-at-her/494954/103 "2009-05-05T04:35:39Z")
For all its done to poison us, MTV has also done a lot for gay acceptance. The Real World always has a gay cast member, and those little “True Life” and “I wanna be a X” minidocs feature a disproportionate number of gay people. I can’t vouch for The Real World because I haven’t watched it since season 1 when I was a kid, but otherwise they’re generally shown in a positive light. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-good-for-miley-cyrus-the-fundies-are-mad-at-her/494954/104 "2009-05-05T05:43:13Z")
Oooh, this is fun. > [@Equipoise](#): > > [Religious right now trying to punish pro-gay speech](http://www.americablog.com/2009/04/religious-right-now-trying-to-punish.html) > > [QUOTE=A Couple Dozen Bigoted Moms] > **Parents need to realize that Cyrus is not the positive role model she was once thought to be** [/QUOTE] Excuse me? What was that again? A little louder please. [Carrie Prejean Naked Photo Scandal](http://www.popcrunch.com/miss-california-nude-picture-carrie-prejean-naked-photo-scandal/) > [@](#): > > The blogosphere is ablaze with buzz about topless and semi-nude photos of controversial anti-gay marriage activist Miss California Carrie Prejean. We hear there’s a whole series of these suckers about to leak. The first photo, which appeared just a few minutes ago on [TheDirty.com](http://TheDirty.com), shows a woman — who bares a stricking resemblance to the beauty queen — staring seductively into a camera while wearing only a pair of pink panties and using a strategically placed arm to cover her naughty bits. > > Shame… > > Alicia Jacobs, Entertainment Reporter at KVBC in Las Vegas, has seen all six of the photos and says some are much more revealing. Alicia believes the flicks may have been taken after Carrie’s pageant-financed breast augmentation about six weeks ago. > > … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-good-for-miley-cyrus-the-fundies-are-mad-at-her/494954.md?page=5)