I find it really distasteful when family members air their dirty laundry in the press.  And when the "press" turns out to be a pander-rag to the lobby that promotes homosexual behavior one has to wonder, "is blood thicker than anything these days?"

I've had a number of people drop me notes on Billy Baldwin's recent excerpted interview with OUT magazine. For those who don't know OUT is one of the most widely read homosexual publications in the country. But since there are less than 3% of the population who practice homosexuality anyway it is understandable why so many of you would still not know what it is... I digress.

In the excerpted magazine interview Billy Baldwin is made to look like a total jerk to his younger brother Stephen. Having spent one afternoon with Billy and all of about twenty minutes with Alec I have to tell you that Billy seems to be the one Baldwin brother who is pretty much ready to throw down on a moments' notice.

Having said that there may be some doubt as to whether OUT magazine did quote Billy correctly and in context, and I was encouraged to not form a final opinion until its proven.

PUCKEY!

If Billy Baldwin said the things this article claims he said then he needs to step up to an actually intellectually rigorous setting and debate the silly objections he claims to throw out. And if the magazine is misrepresenting what Billy said - then he should have the stones to stand up, correct the record, and vindicate his brother's reputation.

The one afternoon Billy and I were together - happened to be at Stephen's home. We debated the value of a human life. The life of a person who was not terminally ill - even though Billy had been convinced that this person was - but rather needed limited technological help to breathe and consume fluids. Billy felt it was perfectly within the rights of a judge and a husband to be allowed to execute his wife's life through the cruel act of starvation. And he felt that it was morally ok for that starvation to take place over the course of 21 days. Regardless of the pain inflicted upon the woman, regardless of the fact that she wasn't even sick - this husband's right to murder his wife with a permission slip from a judge is all it took...

And he has the audacity to question Stephen about "civil rights?"

I would invite Billy back to the coffee table, but this time for an honest discussion - not a softball Q&A from an advocacy rag totally devoted to the degeneration of our society.

What do you say Billy? Stephen may have never interned on Capitol Hill like you did... but I've spent a day or two there. In fact at present I'm living here!

It's easy to make your brother the punching bag because you despise the peace, contentment and the real life change that you've seen take place in his life. But it is hard to argue, is it not, that Stephen is a different man today than he was prior to Jesus?

Are you that envious?

You're better than that William, and though you may think that your father would have a distinct opinion of Stephen's commitment... what would he say to your level of disloyalty?