California Musical Theatre's no win situation?

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CMT Looks Ahead After Director's Resignation Over Prop 8 Donation

I think now that he's gone, things will die down and SMC will continue doing the good work they do.

I love how biased the story is. Straight people were calling boycott too, not just the gays. He can have any political and civil right opinion he wants. He can, legally, donate to anything he wants to. However, on the same wave length supporters of CMT can either renew or not renew based on what they know about the artistic director, and actors and touring shows can choose to perform or not perform at venues where Scott works. CMT is a not-for-profit organization, so donations are important to them. Since the majority of those who contribute to CMT are gay or gay-friendly, these 50 or so supporters of Scott won't really make much difference.

I think he did what was best for CMT.

And those who voted YES on 8 don't see it is hate. I wouldn't really label it as hate either, more like ignorance and bigotry. People were saying this kind of crap when they would try to keep black people from being desegregated. They felt it wasn't about hate, they already have their seperate but equal schools, restaurants, bus sections, drinking fountains..."how was this not equal?" was the question in their mind. They saw their discrimination as keeping tradition, just like the YES on 8 people do.

Updated On: 11/13/08 at 03:09 PM

When the Board of Directors holds an "emergency meeting" Tuesday night and then someone "resigns" Wednesday morning, someone has been FIRED.

When the Board of Directors holds an "emergency meeting" Tuesday night and then someone "resigns" Wednesday morning, someone has been FIRED.

Wasn't that meeting actually canceled?

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He got what was coming to him, fired or not. You don't get to make money off of the work of gay people and then stab them in the back without them throwing a fit.

Those people who are rallying FOR Scott with their signs probably voted YES on 8, and I can only imagine how many of them are Mormon.

He was not fired, nor was he asked to resign and I know this for an absolute fact.

He uderstood that as long as he was there, the company would suffer. Some authors would not let their shows be performed there, and many actors/directors and other artistic people would not work there as long as he was there. That is why he resigned. And although this whole mess is terrible, he was looking out for the company and I applaud him for that.

It's very funny how the yes on 8 folks (aside from quoting the bible again and again...and only the parts they choose to recognize) are angry at us gay people saying we are not being tolerant and we all want respect and equal rights but we are not giving them to Scott Eckern. My question now is...so you know what we want, clearly, but you still voted yes on 8. Why?

The emergency meeting was cancelled. Scott made the decision on his own accord. I think it was a prudent business decision made out of a desire to protect the company, but I hope the removal of this proverbial thorn does not give anyone a false sense of a victory towards human rights.

i was thinking about this on the train last night...

What we do, the dramatic arts as a whole...it couldn't exist without conflict...and when you look to Shakespeare, comedy and tragedy are the classic treatments used to approach conflict
(and when i say comedy i mean in the 12th night sense, not haha funny, but a series of polarities, disparities, miscommunications, misinterpretations that once deciphered lead to greater understanding and a happy ending. Unfortunately, instead of turning this conflict into a forum for free discussion that may have benefitted all involved the masses immediately went and slaughtered the antagonist, thus treating the situation in the tragedian sense...so ultimately no one gets better, no one emerges completely victorious....Scott is not going to have his eyes and heart opened, people who loved him in his role as AD are going to miss him, and ultimately....his firing does not fix the ACTUAL PROBLEM: The gay community is still stigmatized; Prop 8, like it or not has passed, and Scott is by no means the only person who made that happen.

I must admit that while I do find Scott's decision to endorse such a repugnant and reprehensible proposition incredibly hurtful and disappointing, I am saddened by this enormous blow to the theatre community of Sacramento. I hope that the theatre community bolsters around the CMT at a time when it needs them most, supporting them as the enter a new chapter of making great theatre that (to riff on Susan Egan's soundbite) "holds a space" for everyone.

I think it's a federal requirement to list occupation and employer for PAC donations.

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I gave $5 to the Obama campaign and they asked for the name of my employer.

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$5 is about relative to what i could give given how my employer pays me! but there are a LOT of fringe benefits.

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