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LOU

"It's hard to believe in the year 2004, with Americans being killed in Iraq, with civilians killed in Madrid, that these despicable assholes would conjure up the sanctity-of-marriage blather. This is a nonissue promulgated by thieves and religious zealots to imprison contemporary people in the prison of the medieval mind. They should just call it the Mel Gibson amendment." -- Singer Lou Reed, denouncing the proposed U.S. constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, to The Advocate, April 27.

Lou always did know how to turn a phrase. It is interesting that Reed played gay for awhile in the 70's to make his persona more exotic and then he fell out of the closet when he was found in a compromising position with a female babe. He was not the only one who did this; Bowie and some of the other glammers played queer too. It was a passing phase though. You don't see too many people wanting to be gay although Fox just jettisoned a 'reality' show where exactly this was the theme; straight boys pretending to be a 'gay deciever'. It was so bad they dropped it. It is tough for a straight boy 'keep it up' for long, I imagine. Reality. When will it be over?