Activists for onservative religion or social values often initiate prejudice against people living in different, controversial ways, then turn around and play victim once criticized. Amanda was sujbected to this clever media tactic (by a lowlife, it must be said) and unfortunately has left the Edwards campaign. First, read Pandagon, which is an excellent site. Second, we need to discuss ways to prevent the terminology of equality from being successfully appropriated by those fundamentally hostile to it, because the media is not even close to being fair or smart when confronted with this pattern. The mainstream tilts more to the right and our voices are marginalized.