Phylliss Burgess is turning into a saint in the world of the right. The elderly woman whose styrofoam  cross was taken from her hands and stomped on at a Proposition 8 rally (people you had to know how that was going to play) has turned into “Victim # 1″ of progressive gay secularism run amok. Like all stories, there is more than the  taped loop  Sean Hannity keeps playing. No justification for taking the woman’s religious symbol, but she knew exactly what she was doing.

The post by Shimmin makes an excellent point about when to hold corporations accountable through boycotts and pickets. I believe that some of the boycotts proposed by our community are ill-founded. Including those that target Home Depot for have a human rights manager that donated to the Yes on 8 campaign. We do not want corporations hiring and firing individuals based on their political beliefs, no matter how awful we find them to be.

Still, there is a point where the proponent of discrimination is so central to the operation of the company it is as if the company as a whole did not support equal rights. This may be true of a CFO or key spokesperson who believes LGBT people are second class citizens. It is true of a CEO who works to deny LGBT individuals their rights.

The CEO of Cinemark theatres is sufficiently central to the Cinemark’s operation that his support of Prop 8 constitutes Cinemark’s support of Prop 8. If they don’t want to be aligned with a political movement, then they should tell the individuals charged with representing the company to stop involving themselves in politics.

The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a number of cases dealing with Proposition 8. But, as the LA Times reported, not all judges are on board to hash out the vote in the courtroom.

Specifically, Justice Joyce Kennard, a long-time supporter of gay rights, voted not to review the Prop 8 challenges. Instead, she hoped that the court would limit its review to the validity of existing gay marriages.

Read More: Ruby-Sachs: Left-leaning California judge votes against hearing Proposition 8 cases