In June 2000, after this episode first aired, Jon Kinnally (a Will and Grace story editor and one of the episode's cowriters) received a letter from Mike Haley of the anti-gay evangelical Christian group Focus on the Family. Haley, who self-identified as "ex-gay," objected to the episode's dismissive attitude toward the idea of "conversion therapy" (a practice that is denounced as fraudulent and harmful by every legitimate American medical association) and requested a personal meeting with Kinnally to further explain his organization's perspective. Kinnally, himself an openly gay man, replied in a facetious letter: "Dear Mr. Haley, I received your letter dated June 9, and was very interested in your point of view. The issues you raised are the very same ones that we on the Will & Grace writing staff debate on a daily basis. Our decision to present the story on the ex-gay ministry was solely in the interest of creating the most comedic episode possible. And it was certainly not our intention to offend you in any way. But come on, Mike, even you've got to admit that f**s trying to pretend they're straight is pretty darn funny. In response to your request for a meeting, well, I think I can read between the lines on that one. I'm about 6'1", brown hair, green eyes and I'm into rollerblading, baking cookies, and cleaning up afterwards. My dislikes include game-playing, negative attitudes, and condoms. If any of this interests you, I can be found every Sunday at the Brunch and Beer Bust at the Motherlode in West Hollywood. I do hope you show, because like you, I am an expert on homosexuality, and in my expert opinion, this 'hard-to-get thing' you're playing is Hot, Hot, Hot! Respectfully, Jon Kinnally, Executive Story Editor, Will & Grace. P.S. Keep on watchin'!" In 2012 this letter was reprinted on the "Letters of Note" blog, an online archive for correspondence with particular historical significance.
