The State the 21st Century Forgot

No matter what the polls say, when you’re talking social change, "inevitable" has a different meaning in Pennsylvania.

More than 50 percent of Americans favor same-sex marriage, and almost 75 percent say its legal recognition is "inevitable," says a recent Pew survey. As a tax-paying Narberth lesbian with a wife of 20 years, three grown children and two dogs, why aren’t I rejoicing? Because I live in Pennsylvania, the state that the 21st century forgot. In fact, Pennsylvania is so primordial, so narrow minded, so enragingly intransigent, it could well be the 50th state to recognize gay marriage. You heard it here first.

John Oliver Turns Out to Be the Perfect Replacement for Jon Stewart on Daily Show

Not too cold, not too hot … just right.

John Oliver is no Jon Stewart, but he’ll make a fine summer rental. Heading into Oliver’s debut last night as fill-in host on The Daily Show, I was a tad anxious that John O. might turn out to be so bloody good that viewers would forget about Jon S., which would be a travesty of the highest order. Fortunately, Oliver’s performance, while at times sharp and funny, portends no such catastrophe. That means I can relax and enjoy the Comedy Central show for the next three months as Stewart heads to the Middle East to direct his first film.

What the Men at Fox Think of Women Earning Money

"It’s tearing us apart."

Judging by last week’s performance by the Fox boys, nothing shrinks testicles faster than the image of a female bringing home the family bacon. The way Lou Dobbs and his guests Juan Williams and Erick Erickson were behaving on Lou Dobbs Tonight, you would have thought Lorena Bobbitt was lurking beneath their seats with a sharp pair of scissors. Cause of the commotion: A new Pew Research Center analysis that said women are now the primary family breadwinners in a record 40 percent of all U.S. homes with children under 18. That’s up from 11 percent in 1960.

HBO’s Liberace: Never Have So Many Sequins Been So Boring

Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are all sparkle and sex in Behind the Candelabra, but that can’t save the movie.

As one of the butchest actors around, Michael Douglas hardly seems the logical choice to play Liberace. Likewise for Matt Damon as Liberace’s lover, Scott Thorson. Yet they both pull it off, in sequins, which is reason alone to watch Behind the Candelabra. The HBO flick debuted Sunday. Unfortunately, it’s about the only reason. Thanks to Steven Soderbergh’s plodding direction and an uneven script, Candelabra projects the incandescence of an underground tunnel. Yes, it’s that boring.

Gay Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas

A twist on Emily Post.

My 20th wedding anniversary is June 5th. According to Emily Post, china is the suggested gift. Since my wife and I rarely entertain, we wouldn’t know what to do with china. Mostly, we eat Trader Joe’s frozen dinners, which makes us more like astronauts than hostesses.

Orthodox Jews Ban Retro, Thick-Framed Glasses

The kind I just bought!

I could never be a Yeshiva student in Brooklyn. My new glasses are too cool for school. Borough Park’s Bobover Yeshiva B’Nei Zion has banned students from wearing thick-framed, retro glasses because the now-chic eyewear represents “the new modernism,” the New York Post reports.

This Is the First-Ever International Clitoral Awareness Week

Locate one and celebrate today!

In case you missed it, this is the first-ever International Clitoral Awareness Week. Long overdue, if you ask me. The clitoris has been shafted by the penis since Adam warned Eve: “Better step back—I don’t know how big this thing gets.”

Jason Collins Isn’t the Gay Jackie Robinson

But he still deserves credit for having the balls to come out in the NBA.

He's here. He's queer. He's seven feet tall. You got a problem with that? Jason Collins, who until yesterday was a little-known journeyman in the NBA, has suddenly become the most famous jock in the world. More precisely, the most famous gay jock.

Gay Boy Scouts Deserve Gay Troop Leaders

For a mentor-driven organization, Boy Scouts of America sure doesn’t know how to lead.

The Boy Scouts of America just created a new merit badge: Mixed Messaging. The requirements are simple: Put out an historic announcement of liberation, and at the same time, continue a policy of prejudice. The Scouts did this in textbook fashion last week.