I think it’s perfectly fine for pols who turn OTHER people’s sex lives into political issues to be quizzed about their views. I even think it’s fair game to ask them about their personal sex lives. Why should only so-called “Christian” conservative pols get to say anything they want about other people’s sex lives, and never be asked about their own sexual history? That seems to me to be just fair play if one advocates government intervention into other people’s sex lives (through outlawing abortion, upholding discriminatory marriage and employment laws, etc.)

It seems that only women are expected to sit and take it in the name of getting free publicity. Piers Morgan would have accepted a “no” from a male who evaded a question, but he used her being a woman in order to come off as hard hitting journalist.

I saw sexism at play. I saw a woman not willing to take it from an asshole.

According to the clip I’ve seen–which may be incomplete–when Morgan first asked about her views on gay marriage, she didn’t say “you violated our agreement!” She said instead that it wasn’t relevant because she’s not running for office or laying out a “legislative agenda” (?) and instead wants to talk about her “fiscal policy.” She then leans on the definition of a “host,” as though Piers Morgan invited her over to have dinner with his family.

I don’t see any evidence that “she set the ground rules” or that CNN violated them. The whole thing just makes her look sillier and once again, not prepared for any kind of political *or* celebrity platform.

But, yeah: still sexist. It’s not at all the same to say “femme up!” (But at least we can leave the smelly nutsacks out of it.)

Definitely a Reluctant Hero type, but maybe Cincinnatus is wrong here- that story has an element of noblesse oblige. More like Frodo.