This is a quote from the transcript of a recent press conference with Scott McClellan, White House press secretary:
Q Scott, a two-part. There's been extensive reporting of a homosexual group, Soulforce, calling on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual and trans-gender Americans to be the first in line at this year's White House Easter Egg Roll on April 17th, as a way to show the nation their so-called families. And my question: Will the President take any measures to prevent these activists from using this non-political event as a way to push their agenda on the rest of us?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, this event is a time to celebrate Easter and to have a good family celebration here at the White House. And in terms of any other details about it, I think it's still a few months off, so we'll talk about it as we get closer. I've seen a couple of reports about it; I don't know how extensive that reporting has been. But this has been a family event for a long time and the President always looks forward to this event.
Three interesting points: 1) McClellan seems to have heard of this story already (even though it has not been widely reported), 2) he seems to be aware that aside from the Institute of Democracy (IRD) and their neoconservative buddies, the "story" has not yet received "extensive reporting." and 3) note how the questioner frames LGBT families as "so-called families"--not a very unbiased reporter!
In other words, IRD needs to work harder to make a story out of this--getting it mentioned at the White House press conference in the form of a question and answer is a way to "make a mountain out of an egg roll." Let's keep our eye on this--it'll teach us how IRD attempts to manipulate the media.
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