OMG!!!! Clay Aiken is Gay!!!!

American Idol runner-up (shoulda been winner) Clay Aiken has come out of the closet to People magazine. Some are saying - it's about time. Others say it's no big deal. Idol judge Simon Cowell says "if he said it, it's the right thing for him. Good for him. I don't think anyone cares. Let's face it. It's 2008." Sadly, Simon is wrong.

There are still many, many people on this planet who hate gays, lesbians, bisexual, transgendered, etc...individuals. To put it in a nutshell, they hate anyone who's not like them. Some of these people hide their prejudice. Some only speak of it when they're with like-minded people. Others hide behind religion to spew their homophobic rhetoric. Others attack and kill people they believe to be "different".

I can only imagine what a huge decision this must have been for Aiken, who is a new dad. He said "It was the first decision I made as a father. I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that."

Bravo, Clay. Bravo.

On pigs and lipstick

Barack Obama did not call Sarah Palin a pig. The phony outrage on the part of the right wing needs to stop. But it won't. This is what many conservatives like to do. Throw false information or half-truths out there and hope it sticks. We're seeing it here in our election.

Now, let's take a look at Sarah Palin. This is a person who says it's "God's will" the U.S. invaded Iraq. Interesting - I believe that's what the 9-11 terrorists said. It was "God's (Allah's) will" that we blow up the twin towers.

Palin does not believe in abortion unless the mother is going to die. No abortion for an 11 year old girl who is raped by her father.

No sex education, teach abstinance only. Yeah, how's that working for you?

Under investigation for pressuring the head of security in Alaska to resign because he wouldn't fire her brother-in-law who is a state trooper and was going through a fierce divorce and custody battle with her sister.

Collected a per diem 312 times in less than 2 years when she was actually at home - not on the road on business.

I think it's great that Sarah Palin is a woman in an interesting, powerful position.
I think Sarah Palin is a person with views that scare the heck out of me.