Jan Moir's article in the Daily Mail relating to Stephen Gately's death has caused a bit of a stir with, well... everyone! In it she says: "... hang on a minute. Something is terribly wrong with the way this incident has been shaped and spun into nothing more than an unfortunate mishap on a holiday weekend, like a broken teacup in the rented cottage... Whatever the cause of death is, it is not, by any yardstick, a natural one. Let us be absolutely clear about this". She's adamant. I would go so far to say that it sounds like she has facts about his death that we don't. Well, she doesn't. It's slap-dash journalism. Something my friend Sophie (http://twitter.com/shesayssophie) calls lazy journalism. It's an easy story based entirely on made up nonsense.
If there is another reason for Gately's death (I'm absoultely NOT suggesting there is), and if his family, friends, colleagues etc want to keep it under their thumbs then so what. There are thousands of death related stories that never get solved, most that no one even hears about. As far as we are concerned, he died of natural causes, of fluid on the lungs. It happens Jan. Even to a 33-year-old. Even to a 33-year-old GAY man.
I'm sure she is insinuating that through Gately entering into a civil partnership, it circumstantially lead to his death: "Gay activists are always calling for tolerance and understanding about same-sex relationships, arguing that they are just the same as heterosexual marriages. Not everyone, they say, is like George Michael.
Of course, in many cases this may be true. Yet the recent death of Kevin McGee, the former husband of Little Britain star Matt Lucas, and now the dubious events of Gately's last night raise troubling questions about what happened."
Is she serious? Is she really suggesting that a. if you're gay, you're in trouble, and b. if you're gay and get married, you're in bigger trouble? What utter tripe. She might as well say, dare I suggest, that Heath Ledger or Michael Jackson were in gay marriages! Sounds absurd I know, but so does Jan's opinion. I for one would love to get married. Should I be scared? Maybe I'll send Jan an email to ask.
I think opinion pieces for Jan should be kept to something a tad more trivial, like whether she liked Vagina Monologues or her experiences on a Butlins holiday.
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