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British actor Rupert Everett at the 2007 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Everett was seen as a champion for gay actors when he decided to come out of the closet two decades ago. Now Rupert Everett finds himself in a somewhat less enviable position. The 53-year-old actor has been rounded on by gay rights groups after saying: "I can’t think of anything worse that being brought up by two gay dads." Everett’s comments are likely to offend celebrity parents such as Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish . The couple have a 21-month-old son Zachary, born to a surrogate mother. Ben Summerskill , chief executive of the gay rights group Stonewall, said: "Rupert should get out a little bit more to see the facts for himself. "There is absolutely no evidence that the kids of gay parents suffer in the way they are being brought up or in how they develop.’ However, this denial fails in the face the the Regernus study which has been vil

Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The fallout from Pres. Obama 's flip-flop on marriage continues. Sixty-two percent of Americans say, in a new Fox News poll, that it was just a political decision on Obama's part (including a plurality of Democrats , 46 percent to 38 percent). If so, it was a very bad one. As NOM's political consultant Frank Schubert told California's influential insider  Flash Report : "After months of very carefully managing expectations about his 'evolving' position on gay marriage , President Obama suddenly found himself last week careening between powerful forces like the steel ball in Elton John's 'pinball wizard.' His own Vice President threw him into the pinball machine, and then his Education Secretary thrust the plunger, launching him into game." "...The left is jumping for joy at their accomplishment,

Image via Wikipedia An Arkansas grocery store that was criticized for putting a magazine “ shield ” over the cover of a new US Weekly featuring the story “Elton’s Baby!” has since apologized and ordered the shield removed. The Harps Food Inc. location in Mountain Home, Arkansas covered the photo of Elton John , his same-sex partner , and the baby they recently obtained using a surrogate mother after receiving complaints from customers last week.  The shield, distributed to all Harps stores, is often used to cover inappropriate cover content “to protect young Harps shoppers.” Gay rights activists slammed the store management for “homophobia.” Just one day later, Harps management removed the sign and issued a statement of explanation and apology.  The stores are provided with the “shields,” wrote Kim Eskew, Harps President & COO , “which can be used at the manager’s discretion to cover the front of magazines when they receive complaints from our customers … photos might be