Chatter: Seth MacFarlane

"Ultimately, Stewie will be gay or a very unhappy repressed heterosexual. It also explains why he's so hellbent on killing [his mother, Lois] and taking over the world: He has a lot of aggression, which comes from confusion and uncertainty about his orientation."

-- Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane outing the 1-year-old cartoon character Stewie last week. The brilliant Hadley Freeman responds to the new wave of conservatism rearing its ugly head on Family Guy in a column appearing on The Guardian's website today.