Will and grace are important to the LGBT. As Harvey taught, we must have the will (and courage) to come out to family members and co-workers about our sexual orientation and our loves, for this is the most effective way to change the hearts and minds of America. And we must have the grace to forgive those who are tied up in knots with hatred for us, because their intolerance does not justify our hatred of them. Rather, it limits our ability to communicate and create, and makes us miserable in the process.
As for the TV show of "Will and Grace," I surprisingly agree with Rick Santorum on something: when he says that this show did much to humanize gay people, making us less scary to middle America.
Marriage equality advocate Evan Wolfson seems to agree with my points:
"I don’t think it is as simple as Hollywood does a really good movie, and Hollywood does a really good TV show, and everyone changes their mind. Obviously, it doesn’t work that way. What really changes people’s minds over time is personal conversations with people they trust….but ‘Will & Grace’ and Ellen DeGeneres and others who are out there create a climate that encourages people to have those conversations. It is oversimplifying to say Hollywood can win this just by being Hollywood, but it is 100 percent true to say Hollywood has a major role to play in creating the climate and enabling individuals to have conversations."-- Freedom To Marry head Evan Wolfson, in an interview with Variety.
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