8 backlash represents a troubling clash of ideals among free speech, religious beliefs and the right to fight intolerance many in the gay community view the state constitutional amendment as codified bigotry, a rollback of civil liberties for gays. And in a sign of a powerful ripple effect, Sundance, perhaps the American institution that has done the most to support gay filmmakers and gay cinema, is being looked at because it screens films in a Cinemark theater.įor many in Hollywood, the Prop. Cinemark is under siege because Chief Executive Alan Stock gave $9,999 to help passage of the marriage ban. In Film Independent’s case, the board has been forced to defend the continued employment of Richard Raddon, the Mormon director of the Los Angeles Film Festival who donated $1,500 to support Prop. Other targets include Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that puts on the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Spirit Awards the Cinemark theater chain and the Sundance Film Festival. Meanwhile, activists continue to comb donor lists and employ the Internet to expose those who donated money to support the ban.Īlready Scott Eckern, the director of the nonprofit California Musical Theatre in Sacramento, is out, opting to resign after a flurry of complaints from prominent theater artists, including “Hairspray” composer Marc Shaiman, when word of his contribution to the Yes on 8 campaign surfaced. That’s the issue consuming much of liberal Hollywood, who fought to defeat the initiative banning same-sex marriage and is now reeling with recrimination and dismay. HOLLYWOOD - Should there be boycotts, blacklists, firings or de facto shunning of those who supported Proposition 8?
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