On his political talk show, Maher provides Barney Frank a supportive audience for his informed status report on the current status of gay political issues. Aside from the enthusiastic audience and the talk show format, this clip draws our attention away from the cultural framing of gay issues through spin and towards the real-world, institutionalized, repressive state apparatuses that define what is legal (gay sex) or not, what deserves government support through tax code (gay marriage) or not. For both camps, the political utiilty of the Larry Craig scandal remains to play out. - MF
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