Pic(s) Of The Day - 06.26.15 - Marriage Equality

None of these photos are mine but they are some of the best that I saw that marks another historic day in the United States of America. As of June 26, there is no longer such a thing as gay marriage or same sex marriage, there is just marriage. The Supreme Court of the United States took care of that when the justices voted 5-4 in favor of marriage equality. You can read all about it here on Huffington Post.

So...I'm not sure if I'm going to be swamped with wedding invitations?

Breaking News (?)

photo: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

So...I'm just finishing up lunch after dealing with traffic (I thought I was the only one not working this week who wanted to do Christmas shopping) and CNN does a story about Brian Boitano coming out as gay.  I looked at The Calvinator and said, "Isn't he already out?"  No reply from The Calvinator.

According to the talking heads on CNN, Brian is going to represent the United States at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.  He had been interviewed a couple of days ago by a newspaper and I think they accidentally outed him by saying that he was gay and going to Sochi.  Oops!  Or maybe Obama just assumed he was gay and thought he should join Billie Jean King on the trip.

You can read the full story on Huffington Post here.

Kinky Boots Part III

In the category of WTF...

Earlier today I was on Facebook and a friend posted a link to a story on Huffington Post about people who were upset that there was a performance of Kinky Boots during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  The upset people obviously have no idea what the show is about because if they did they would know it is about acceptance and tolerance.  Here are some of the comments:

To me there are two things that need explaining...

1) Why is Stark Sands in a sports coat, dress shirt and tie, and boxers;

2) How do women AND men dance in those boots?

So anyone watching the parade yesterday felt uncomfortable with their kids watching the performance, I guarantee you the kids probably didn't know that those were men dressed as women.  It only became a big deal when the parents made it a big deal.  And who knows, maybe some kid was inspired to become a dancer and singer.

If a child DID ask questions, it was the perfect opportunity for parents to talk about accepting people for who they are and a discussion about tolerance.

Now for the fun part of all of this...

This photo was on Kinky Boots' Facebook page.  Can you imagine shopping at Macy's and Billy Porter and Stark Sands come walking in?  The caption for the photo: 

We went shopping at Macy's today to thank them for supporting 

acceptance & fabulousness on the #MacysParade... you should too!

And just as an afterthought, what did people tell their kinds about Uncle Miltie being dressed as a woman and Flip Wilson's character Geraldine?  Just askin'

Cher (I guess stranger things have happened.)

from HuffingtonPost.com

Cher On Ex Tom Cruise: "It's Hard For Me To Look At This Person"

'Entertainment Tonight' sat down with Cher yesterday in Los Angeles in an interview to air Friday, February 8th.

Cher told ET about her relationship with Tom Cruise, "It was a long, long time ago and neither one of us ever talked about it and I don't know why. When we were together he was such a private person. He always has been until lately. He didn't mention it and I didn't mention it. I loved him though, he was amazing. Now it's hard for me to look at this person and this press. How many times can I watch him jumping up and down on Oprah's couch?"

On why they broke up, "It was after Risky Business and right before The Color of Money. I couldn't go to Chicago and that was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back."

She goes on to say she still feels close to ex-husband Sonny Bono, who passed away in 1998, "I always kind of feel him in a strange way. I've got these lights in my bedroom and they go on and off for no reason and I always think it's him trying to piss me off."