If you're a gay person in a fundamentalist church

[undeterred]

and I think that is Clay Aiken's background, coming out is a very big step. I am going to cut this guy a lot of slack if he misled people and pretended to be straight, or tried to be straight, because he came from a world where he just wouldn't have been accepted and still won't be.

I am glad he is in a place now where he feels accepted. I have always thought he has a wonderful voice and I don't give one whit whether he is gay or straight. I knew he planned to become a special education teacher so I always thought he was a good person, even before his vocal talent was "discovered" on American Idol.

Hopefully there are several thousand people whose minds are being opened today because someone they looked up to had the guts to come "out of the closet".

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. agreed

[Love Bug]

2. I agree.

I hope he realised the shit-storm he just unleashed on himself. He's going to get a lot of nasty emails and mail over this.

[undeterred]

3. But he's in the theater/arts community

so he will have a lot of support. And the people who aren't with you, you leave behind.

[DarkTirade]

4. Couldn't have said it better myself.

:thumbsup:

[libodem]

5. Ya get rapture ready

by running down the isle when they do an alter call:
and start doing the *Yes* dance.
Yeah baby!~
(hands over the head, jazz hands style, turn in a circle)
and do the fork in the blender

ta tink, tink, tink, tink, tink, ta tink, tink, tink.....