Morning Meme: Hate From Arkansas, Carol Burnett's "Glee" Role, and a Correction From Neil Patrick Harris

I don’t even know where to begin with Clint McCance, and Midland County School Board member from Arkansas. The nicest thing he posted on his Facebook page just before Spirit Day was

““Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide. The only way im wearin [sic]it for them is if they all commit suicide. I cant believe the people of this world have gotten this stupid. We are honoring the fact that they sinned and killed therselves [sic]because of their sin. REALLY PEOPLE.”  

It got nastier and crueler from there, and he makes policy decisions for children. Speaking of, he’d disown his own if they were gay. It seems like he’s got a lock on Asshat when I post the poll Friday. Read the full story at Human Rights Campaign. Protect the children from people like him. 

Probably a distant second is going to be the Catholic Church, which for 15 years in San Antonio had been holding a special mass targeted at the gay community in conjunction with Dignity USA. The interim head of the diocese, Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantú caved to the trickle of complaints that have always been lodged and canceled the service.

Stephen Spielberg’s ridiculously expensive time travel series Terra Nova has fleshed out the cast with some youth. DeGrassi: The Next Generation’s Landon Liboiron will play Jason O’Mara’s son, and Elisabeth Shannon will play his predictable love interest.

In a lawsuit file today, a gay cameraman who covers GLBT events in Los Angeles is suing Sacha Baron Cohen, claiming Cohen and a camera crew for Bruno showed up at a Prop 8 rally to promote conflict between the sides, resulting in injury.

Out actor Sir Derek Jacobi is going to star in Sony’s most expensive TV ad campaign ever in Britain, focusing on a VAT holiday.

Hawaii Five-0’s Daniel Dae Kim told a panel over the weekend that the show was having a rather extended discussion over the race of who his character should date, because in context it had cultural ramifications he didn’t realize existed. No debate was given to the thought that he should date me.

If there’s one thing that we can all agree on, it’s that we disagree on what the GQ Glee photos mean. It honestly sounds as if Jane Lynch disagrees with herself about the photos. Maybe it’s the new stepmom instincts kicking in. 

There are spoilers about how Carol Burnett’s story with Jane Lynch will play out on Glee. I think it sounds horribly out of character for Sue, but meeting me around my mom finds me out of character at times.

Even Glenn Close has an airhead moment. She was asked, on the red carpet for Driving Miss Daisy what she talked about with her driver. She thought it was stupid and walked off, not getting the significance. But it’s what she did next that makes her a class act.

Six Things Clarissa Didn’t Explain At All.

Robert Downey Jr. outed Zack Galifianakis as a cast member on Jason Segel’s upcoming Muppet movie. I assume he’s not playing Sweetums, though it would save on felt.

The Top Gun sequel, contrary to prior information, will not relegate Tom Cruise to a minor role. Maverick will always be the star.But will they still cast the out Kelly McGillis as the love interest, because that could be bold.

Russian bears, facing a heat wave and a shortage of food because of it have turned to their emergency rations: graveyards.

While we watch our roadways crumble in America and sit in four hour traffic jams, China just opened a 126 miles of maglev bullet train between Shanghai and Hangzhou with a top speed of 262 MPH, though most days will only manage 200 MPH. The full journey, 126 miles, will take 45 minutes, for a fare of $12.

Bravo has greenlit a show that might not be aimed directly at gay men. Kara DioGuardi and Jewel will host a singer-songwriter competition show with a $100,000 prize. 

Meanwhile the DIY Network has given a second season to Vanilla Ice’s home improvement show.

Quidditch, it turns out, is being played at nearly 60 universities, with adults running around with brooms between their legs trying to score. And now there’s a movement to make it a sanctioned NCAA sport.

The election economy is doing great, with over $2 billion being spent on campaign ads so far, a new record, and we’re expected to crack $3 billion by next week.

Warner Bros. has bought a script about the ACME Warehouse, where Wile E. Coyote buys all his dangerous gadgets. None of the Looney Tunes characters are expected to appear in the live action/CGI mix.

Director Ang Lee has cast an unknown named Suraj Sharma in his adaption of Life of Pi, about 16-year-old Pi Patel, who is traveling by freighter with his father’s menagerie of zoo animals when he gets stranded in a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450 pound Bengal tiger. Easily the strangest thing I’ve typed today.