Oh Alessandra Stanley, how you make us yearn for your fruit fly to our banana (and an "x" in your name so we can say it without lisping). If there's anyone at the New York Times we'd want to cover gay anything, it's you, doll.

So thanks so much for your Logo channel review, where we realize stars aren't the only ones like us, but gays are too! (It probably doesn't hurt that "us" are homos, but you get the idea.)

We so appreciate when the NYT liberals take a stab at normalizing an entire demographic as well as the TV channel that caters to it. Our only caveat? Your turning what could've been a nice fluff piece on gay weddings and international hookup spots into critique on Viacom's social responsibility. Your editor's doing? (Just nod your head.)

It's all a joke, but it happens to coincide with a growing conservative movement to roll back gay rights, most noticeably by halting the legalization of gay marriage. That mission is led by evangelical Christians who view homosexuality as a sin and say they feel oppressed by a society that keeps expanding the terms of tolerance. And theirs is a serious movement; there are all kinds of differences and intolerances around the country, but most are not bolstered by Senate legislation and passages from the Bible.

Geez, Alessandra, you're getting all Brian Graden on us. Stop pushing!