Response to Fitzsimmons cartoon

I wrote this in response to a cartoon by Dave Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Star. It depicted possible Supreme Court nominees. It included Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and Miss California. The caption under Miss California said that "gays aren't people entitled to rights, unless they are gay fetuses".


I think that Dave Fitzsimmons is an incredibly talented and funny man. Even if I don't agree with his take on an issue, his cartoons are usually very good. I do have a problem with the cartoon about selecting a Supreme Court justice in today's paper. I don't quite understand why he brought Miss California in to the mix. Coulter yes, Hillary ok and Sarah Palin, I guess she deserves it for having the audacity to run for Vice President and being from Alaska. But, all Miss California did was respond to a question from a gay activist about marriage.

Do you think Perez might have asked a different question if he didn't know that she was a (gasp) Christian? Plainly it was a set up meant to reveal her moral views from a religious bigot. Keep in mind that she answered the question the same way President Obama did when he was running for office. The mean spirited and hateful attacks on Miss California illustrates that Christians are open season to vindictive, small minded people. If she were Muslim and stated that according to her faith marriage is between a man and a woman, I doubt we would have heard a peep from critics. Although I don't think Perez would have asked the question if she were a Muslim, lest he endanger his life or limb. Dave is a bigger man (in heart) than to pillory a beauty contestant for her religious beliefs. She is not applying to take David Souder's platform on the Supreme Court; she will most likely be wearing platform shoes and modeling designer clothes. Unless the bigots blackball her. It is a shame that those that consider themselves "liberal" would take the place of Uncle Joe McCarthy.

Doug Martin