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Tim Donnelly is running for governor of California. He is a member of the Tea Party. Former Miss Venezuela, Maria Conchita Alonso, is endorsing him and has appeared in a TV ad to do just that. Ms. Alonso gained fame for such Hollywood hits like "Moscow on the Hudson," and "The Running Man."
Ms. Alonso worked for a San Francisco arts organization and was to star in its rendition of the "Vagina Monologues," which I have not seen, but I suspect differs significantly from the Readers Digest series, "I Am Joe's Heart (Lungs, Kidneys, Eyes, and so on). Eliana Lopez, the producer of the "Vagina Monologues" spoke to KPIX 5 explaining that Ms. Alonso will no longer be appearing in the play. Ms. Lopez said, "Of course she has the right to say whatever she wants. But we're in the middle of the Mission. Doing what she is doing is against what we believe." Several Latino organizations have also criticized Ms. Alonso for the endorsement.
To be fair, in the ad, Ms. Alonso "translates" Mr. Donnelly's remarks with a few slightly off-color Spanish expressions, but let's face it, if Donnelly was a liberal instead of a Tea Party conservative, there would be no story, and Maria Conchita Alonso would be lauded by the left.
To be even more fair, if the San Francisco arts organization in question was put to the same standards that Elane Photography had been, they would not be allowed to pressure Ms. Alonso into leaving the play based upon their differences of beliefs. When Elane Photography refused to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony, it was ruled that they violated the New Mexico Human Rights Act, (NMHRA) in the same way as if they refused to photography a wedding between people of different races.
Elaine Huguenin, CEO of Elane Photography argued that her refusal didn't discriminate against same-sex customers, and she would be happy to photograph lesbians and homosexuals, but not in a context that seemed to endorse same sex-marriage. She added that she also would not photograph heterosexuals in a context that endorsed same-sex marriage, but the court rejected any legal difference between homosexuality and homosexual conduct.
So, if Eliana Lopez were held to the same standards, where the beliefs of the "Mission" were not the same as those of Ms. Alonso, she should have to be held to the same standards that Elane Photography was held. If you disagree with that argument, you might be a liberal.
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To be fair, in the ad, Ms. Alonso "translates" Mr. Donnelly's remarks with a few slightly off-color Spanish expressions, but let's face it, if Donnelly was a liberal instead of a Tea Party conservative, there would be no story, and Maria Conchita Alonso would be lauded by the left.
To be even more fair, if the San Francisco arts organization in question was put to the same standards that Elane Photography had been, they would not be allowed to pressure Ms. Alonso into leaving the play based upon their differences of beliefs. When Elane Photography refused to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony, it was ruled that they violated the New Mexico Human Rights Act, (NMHRA) in the same way as if they refused to photography a wedding between people of different races.
So, if Eliana Lopez were held to the same standards, where the beliefs of the "Mission" were not the same as those of Ms. Alonso, she should have to be held to the same standards that Elane Photography was held. If you disagree with that argument, you might be a liberal.
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