I know there is a term for what is being tried here by the folks who opposed Prop 8 -- let's see if we can come up with it.

Gay and lesbian artists called Monday for an artistic and audience boycott of California Musical Theatre after learning that its artistic director donated $1,000 to a campaign that backed banning gay marriage in California.

Scott Eckern was not available for comment Monday as the revelation has gained stunning momentum on the blogosphere. The California Musical Theatre produces the Music Circus, presents Broadway Sacramento, and recently opened "Forever Plaid" at the capital's newest performing venue, the Cosmopolitan Cabaret.

Richard Lewis, the organization's executive producer, said the board of directors will conduct an emergency meeting on the matter this afternoon. He said it was too early to tell how this would affect Eckern's 25-year employment with California Musical Theatre.

Let's see -- setting up a boycott of individuals because of their legal political activity, with a goal of making them unemployable. Don't liberals call such tactics "McCarthyism" when it is used against those on the Left? Aren't the victims of such blacklisting treated as heroes when they are Communists, socialists, and other sorts of liberals? Indeed, wouldn't these same forces of "tolerance" be up in arms if it were the pro-Prop 8 forces boycotting and seeking the firing of opponents of traditional marriage? I guess they only object to hypocrisy in their opponents -- hypocrisy in the name of pro-gay tolerance is OK in their book.

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