Bearing in mind that half of middle America turned out in their droves to vote for Bush not because of the incumbent’s foreign or economic policies, but because they believed the
Republican Party would be tough on gays, and tough on the causes of gays, it is perhaps no surprise that three time Brit winners
Scissor Sisters are not enjoying the success at home that they have had over here (1.6 million copies of debut album sold in the UK, 150,000 in America!).
Having received hate mail after the band’s appearance on US TV show Saturday Night Live, the band’s Jake Shears has been talking to the Sydney Morning Herald about the problems Americans often have with openly gay performers: "People in the UK, more so than in the United States, realise that music transcends sexuality. I think people in America think that we've got an agenda or something up our sleeve. Y'know, people suspect that you're not honest about what you're doing. That's just not the case. I think people in the UK and, from what I know, in Australia understand that we are coming from a really honest place."