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I did think of that quote when Anderson Cooper ‘came out’ earlier in the week.
I really don’t see the big deal, everyone knows Anderson Cooper is gay. In 2007 he was listed as the 2nd Most Influential Gay Person (here is the article). To me it is kinda like President Obama saying he is in favour of Gay Marriage – I always thought that President Obama was in favour of gay marriage…. it wasn’t until it because news courtesy of Vice-President Biden that his had done a handful of public flip flops on the subject over the years.
My thoughts on this is that it is a shame that someone like Anderson Cooper feels the need to create a media circus so he can annouce that he has a boyfriend. Perhaps I shouldn’t be disappointed with Anderson but disappointed with a social climate that makes someone feel that they need to make such an annoucement.
In his statement Anderson said that gay kids being bullied was part of the reason for his annoucement. I think that Anderson Cooper stands for much more than just his sexual orientation – he had a few hard knocks growing up loosing his father at a young age and his brother committing suicide, Anderson also suffered from dylexia which he has overcome and despite his families wealth he is a completely self made man.
I like Anderson Cooper, I’m impressed with what he has achieved and he is hot for an old silver fox.
Perhapas next week Hugh Jackman (who I also think is hot) will annouce that he is str8, has always been str8 and is proud of it….
I’m not fully part of the news cycle but tonight I saw that New York State has legistlated to approval gay marriage.
Well done New York!!!
I personally can’t see myself being married to a man – but who the hell is anyone to tell someone else what they can or cannot do. I fully support gay marriage. I haven’t seen any figures on rates of abuse or rates of divorce amongst gay married couples but I can’t see them creating any social problems at all compared to str8 couples.
Well done New York – if any readers here are in New York and intending on getting married now I’d love to hear from you, maybe do an interview about your thoughts on the topic.
I’ve got a good friend of mine who lives in San Fran with his wife and I stayed with them for a couple of weeks after the 2008 election when ‘Proposition 8’ was on the California ticket. My mate is anti-gay and voted to make gay marriage illegal, his wife voted the other way – it made for some great discussions.
In summary Prop 8, if it was passed it, would make gay marriage illegal in California.
It was voted in with 52% of the vote and over 7,000,000 Californian’s saying that they wanted gay marriage to be illegal.
On Wednesday, Chief US District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8 violated constitutional rights and I suppose by default gay marriage is now legal in California.
All the usual gay friendly folks are out praising the decision and I can’t understand why anyone would want to stop anyone from getting married.
One line of thought that I haven’t heard is what about those 7,000,000 – or more than half of Californian’s who don’t want gay people to get married? I believe in gay marriage but above that I believe in the will of the people which has been overruled here. I’m not 100% that I’m comfortable with that although in this case I am happy with the result.
What if it was the other way around and a majority of the electorate voted in favour of gay marriage and some stuffy judge made it illegal?
Just a thought – a good day overall though!!!
Even old Arnie said that ruling “affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves”.
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