I feel bad about the post I wrote earlier today, in that I might have been unduly harsh, though I'm still thinking that everything I said was right. It got me to thinking about a favorite word bandied about, by myself as much as by anyone else, on the anti-oppression blogosphere, which is "privilege". It's a useful concept, simple really. Privilege is something you have that other people don't. Inequality is all about privileges, who has them and who doesn't.
The official reason that the anti-gay movement has come up with for opposing the televising of the Prop 8 trial is that they don't want the evil gay people to assault the witnesses for the homophobic side by refusing to give them money. Oh, there were mentions of how the lack of privacy that comes with going public against gays brings death threats, but mainly the fear of boycott has been the big issue. But I'd argue that actually, it's the humiliation of having absolutely ridiculous arguments that really concerns them. For instance,