Fairness III

Marcus Crowder of the Sacramento Bee reports, "Gay and lesbian artists called Monday for an artistic and audience boycott of California Musical Theatre after learning that its artistic director donated $1,000 to a campaign that backed banning gay marriage in California."

The fate of Scott Eckern, a 25-year employee who is also chief operating officer, is unknown at this time. What is known is that the principle of fairness has been severely compromised. Some of the same people who claim that the constitutional amendment affirming that marriage should only be between a man and a woman is unfair to them, would seek to deny an individual his right to contribute financially to whatever legitimate cause he supports.

Parenthetically, it also seems foohardy to disrupt show production, discourage audiences from attending, and incur personal financial hardship for this display of petulance; and I find it hard to believe that any responsible organization would suspend operations or punish an employee on this basis.