Apparently, you were not concentrating as you read the article. Charles is not a Mormon. Charles is gay.

Man I needed to read this article. I am now a fan of Charles Winecoff. You can count me among the members of the LDS church who have been very conflicted over the Prop 8 backlash. I've struggled with being connected to some of the rhetoric flying about. That's not me. I don't hate anyone because of their sexual orientation. And I want all people to have the same chances to be happy.

But I also know what I believe in, and for my own sacred reasons, I simply cannot turn my back on it.

Put simply, the 8MP trailer hurt will harm the pro-gay cause with people who are trying to understand and be compassionate MUCH MORE than it will help. It's propaganda. It's a hatchet job. And as Charles so aptly states, it's more of a carefully manipulated middle finger to the LDS church than it is a piece in support of gay marriage rights.

Filmakers, you had a really good chance to convince me, but you weren't trying to do that, were you?

I think it's pretty easy to prove they're dumbing it down, intentionally or by accident. Just go back and watch some of Armisen's early portrayals of Obama during the campaign. Much more authentic, much more funny. Put them side by side and there's no question that something funky is going on.