It's just a personal essay that rambles all over, mentions that the country seems to have a stereotype about gay men (Queer eye for the straight Guy anyone?). Also talks about a lot of heterosexual divorce. Talks about diversity in the school, blah blah blah. He's pushing no policy. He does say the stereo type of the gay males could affect their acceptance as parents - which strikes me as probably true. He doesn't say that the rejection would be good.

He says we'll all get used to gay marriage.

Frankly he doesn't say much of anything. It's merely a lazy rambling personal essay. Sort of thing he's been doing for years. This is not the second coming of Ann Coulter.

Don't get me wrong. We can all get to be as angry as we want. Just wonder what's the point? and What mileage we get from all the huffing?

I don't by this as satire simply because I've read GK before. I remember the column he wrote a year or so ago in which he flatly refused to take anyone not born before 1955 with white skin and a dick seriously. http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2005/08/24/keillor_orange/index.html

GK may have meant to satirize a "stereotypical" mindset, but if that's what he set out to do he forgot to bring the point home. When Archie Bunker's train of thought leaves the tracks he's just a doddering old fool -- when a professional writer crashes and burns because he and his editors both fell asleep at the switch, he's an incompetent hack.

How appropriate a column to support the Washington State movement to limit marriage to only those who are willing and capable of bearing children. The rest, obviously hedonists who care not for the future of the human race, be damned.

Great. So Garrison Keillor has become even more irrellevant to American society and culture, and Salon publishes it? Keillor can think whatever he wants, and can say whatever he wants, but when you publish it, don't expect me to continue to read this crap. My subscription to Salon ends until GK no longer writes for your publication.

What idiots.

Deferring to the numerous very well thought out letters presented here by intelligent writers that have taken the effort to express ideas better than I, may I simply quote the indisputable erudition of the esteemed Motor Mouth Maybelle:

"Ooo-poppa-toony I think we got a loony."

Dear Garrison Keillor,

Your voice has filled my childhood, the late Robert Altman made a movie in tribute to your life's work, and you have been a companion to much of our country. Perhaps I haven't spent enough time examining your work outside of "A Prairie Home Companion," but nevertheless, this little article is enough to make me never want to read a bit of your work ever again. Now the quaint little town you have spent so many hours describing to me seems like just another part of your racist, close-minded, homophoebic, self-important little world. Thank you for clearing up any misunderstandings about your character.

congratulations, mr. keillor, i'm glad that you grew up in a suburban wonderland with the whitest community where apple pie was served after every supper eaten around the family dinner table. i'm glad that your household, led by your "female mom" and "male dad", provided you with a firm base where you gained enough love and support to lead a happy life. and if their goal was to provide you with enough strength and self confidence that you would make a name for yourself by selling stories and entertaining people over the radio, then their method was definitely successful. and you should be proud of your family and yourself, you have achieved a lot. however, it is very disappointing that a man that i thought was a great observationalist can't even look past his own background as the only way to achieve success in our society and instead you chose to spew this type of ignorance in public.

please check into reality, look around to see who's in your community now, and get with it. and if you can't manage to do that in a compassionate, caring, and nonjudgemental way, please stick to stories of lake wobegone where you can transcribe the livelihood of your imaginary town without the racist, classist and homophobic asshattery that you brought into your "wise views" in this article. it makes me sad that a voice that i've listened to and found comfort in for years was behind this. your points don't make any sense and are dripping with hatred.

fashion sense does not make or break a parent, mr. keillor. my flamboyance does not negate my skills in being a good and loving parent to a child. how many times did you bond with your children when they wanted to play dress up? were you there bringing out the feathers and ribbon and glitter and making sure that the outfit that they dreamed of is what they got to wear in the end? or were you off listening to your jazz records in the study, doing your crossword puzzle, and giving them a half assed nod or a disapproving look as they ran towards you in excitement to show you their creations because you were so close to getting 14 across and now you've completely lost your train of thought and there is no way that you will finish the puzzle before tee time now. i'm not saying that i'm against jazz or crossword puzzles or taking the time to enjoy them, in fact i love them both, but that's exactly the point. your interests do not make or break you as a parent, it's your actions. the color of my pants does not change the fact that i think my kid is fucking amazing and i would do anything for him. just as your khaki dockers do not qualify you to dismiss me and my chosen family or disregard our love. please explain to me why anyone's fashion sense would lead them to not being able to parent a child. strike that, i'll do my own research without getting a grant from the government and send you a copy of the study. i'll go to J. Crew and buy a polo shirt, some pleated slacks, and a braided leather belt in order to tone down my fashion and fit into your world, without the flaming. and with this act i will magically become qualified to enter into a legally recognized heterosexual marriage in the suburbs where we can make babies, buy a house, drive a nice car, and sit around listening to the radio while the pie cools. it doesn't make much sense now, does it? if you meant to say that non-heterosexual-whitewashed-upper-middle-class-american couples will face unnecessary struggles due to their "unconventional" looks when they try to get a job, find housing, get food, walk down the sidewalk, go to the emergency room, protect their loved ones in court, or visit the principals office, then yes, you are right. but that does not mean that we should tone down our flamboyance or pride. it simply means that we as a society still have a long way to go towards teaching acceptance, especially to our children.