"I find it very courageous of her to risk her popularity in order to stand up for something she is passionate about."
That would be true if her negativity toward stem-cell research was the one thing that I didn't agree with. Unfortunately, it's the tip of a very sharp sword, one that is swung against the Gay community, the intelligencia, blacks, hispanics... The conservative movement is no friend of Broadway. They prefer Branson where "there ain't no queers and we can unnerstan the words." (That's a direct quote).
If you get into bed with people I don't like, don't expect to be invited into my living room with any enthusiasm.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699