Gay actor: ‘I can’t think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads’
   British actor Rupert Everett  says he “can’t think of anything worse” than two gay men bringing up a child  together—an opinion that is probably held by vast numbers of people who would not dare to say so in public. But, thanks to the magic shield of celebrity, actors can get away with speech “crimes” that the rest of us would (metaphorically) hang for.    Rupert Everett.    Being gay himself also deflects criticism—Everett came out as a homosexual  20 years ago and has said that this damaged his acting career. His comments on gay parenting were made in an interview with the  Sunday Times Magazine last weekend (alas,  The Times  is only accessible to paid subscribers so we rely on  The Telegraph  here).   Everett, probably best know for his role as a gay man  in the 1997 film  My Best Friend’s Wedding , says his mother, Sara, who was also interviewed for the article, “still wishes I had a wife and kids. She thinks children need a father and a mother, and...