THE GAYEST EMMY'S EVER?
Sunday night at 8 PM Fox brings us the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards. So if the Oscars are the gay Super Bowl, and the Tonys are, well, just openly gay, what does that make the Emmys? The gay Tiddlywinks Championship? Of course, that doesn't mean we won't be liveblogging it! That's right — our own Brian Juergens will be snarking the whole ceremony live!

I say that as normally there isn't a whole lot specifically "gay" about the Emmy awards because there just isn't that much gay about broadcast television, or at least not what you see on television. Behind the cameras, of course, we're writing (Brothers & Sisters' Jon Robin Baitz), directing (Ugly Betty's Silvio Horta), executive producing (Pushing Daisies' Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks), showrunning (Brothers & Sisters' Greg Berlanti) and no doubt doing catering, costuming, janitorial, and "best boy" work.

But this years Emmy's are pretty darn gay in front of the camera too. (No doubt they're too gay for the brain stem that is known as Ja Rule.) We've got three out actors up for Emmy Awards: T.R Knight up for Supporting Actor Drama Series (Grey's Anatomy), Neil Patrick Harris for Supporting Actor Comedy Series (How I Met Your Mother), Sir Ian McKellen for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Extras).

The very gay-friendly Ugly Betty has a slew of noms, including Best Comedy, Lead Actress (America Ferrera), and Supporting Actress Comedy Series (Vanessa Williams). Both Sally Field and Rachel Griffiths snagged nods for their work on Brothers & Sisters, while The Amazing Race on CBS, which featured two gay couples for their All-Star Season, is up for the Emmy for Reality Series against Tim Gunn on Project Runway.

Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List was up for Outstanding Reality Program which is part of the "Creative Arts" section awards that were already handed out this past weekend, and the acceptance speech she gave after her surprise win has led to the most time-wasting brouhaha since Janet Jackson's mammary gland assaulted the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and mom's apple pie.

So what heinous crime did Kathy commit? During her acceptance speech, the comedian said,

"I guess hell froze over. A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this. He had nothing to do with this .... Suck it, Jesus. This award is my god now."

And now the same folks who are dead set against criticizing someone for using the "f-word" are screaming bloody murder about hate speech and Griffin's assault on Christ. Worst of all, E! freaked and said right away they were going to censor Griffin's remarks when they broadcast the Creative Emmys on Saturday night. I, for one, am shocked that such a fine journalistic establishment as E! has been revealed to have no integrity. Who woulda thunk it?

Of course, perhaps I'm not being sensitive enough. As this picture clearly demonstrates, Kathy is again mocking Christ by pretending she is being crucified.