Utah theatre cancels showing of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

It was a strange movie. Not exactly a love story with a happy ending. One guy gets brutally beaten to death with tire irons! This is not to say that it is not an important movie with something to say. Bowing to pressure from conservatives in Utah, the theater canceled it's showing. In other words, they chickened out and renegged on their agreement to show it.

Meanwhile, somewhere on the range in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado or anyplace out West, a couple of cowboys are bedding down for the night. In the same tent, as well!

Look, the times portrayed in the film - 60's 70's and 80's, it was not exactly kosher to be gay in the boondocks of the West. There was a lot of pressure to be married to a woman and have kids. Any man caught "with" another man was likely to be beaten or killed.

The conservatives would like for homosexuals and homosexuality to just go away! Ang Lee and the writer claim that it is a "force of nature" . Perhaps the conservatives were upset about the two references to hate crimes (both persons were killed - one dragged to death by his penis!). Perhaps they think that this film is "advancing a radical gay agenda" by trying to depict the difficulty of being gay in the boondocks.
Maybe they think that the only place you would find gay (or bisexual) people is in the big city. I'm hear to tell you it exists everywhere. Things are just more open in the cities. That's why a lot of gay people flock to them. Those who happen to be gay (or bisexual) are smart in the rural areas keep it quiet. Or at least tone it down a bit - o.k.?

Thank goodness Colorado has a statewide hate crime law on the books!