(I apologize to Jay & Brian for diverting from the beauty of their story here. It's difficult to leave Mormon bigotry alone, especially with everything that's going on right now.)

To BotBot:

It is my sincere hope that one of your Mormon prophets will hurry up and have a revelation, like McKay did in 1978 regarding blacks, that it's OK for gay men and lesbians to be admiited into full fellowship in your church. It will save a lot of young gay people born into Mormonism the grief they have to go through now. I have a long history dealing with Mormonism and homosexuality and all I can say is that when you talk about saving the family my thoughts go immediately to all of the families your church has hurt or destroyed with your extremely un-Christlike attitudes towards gay men and lesbians.

Your words ring hollow and hypocritical BotBot because the only thing you're really saving is your bigotry. I have a family too: a daughter, a son-in-law and three beautiful grandchildren, all of whom adore their gay papa who is a loving, hands-on and essential part of their lives. We are no less a family than any of yours out there who have created what you have from the traditional elements of heterosexuality. What difference does it make how we get to the word family? The end result is still something precious and wonderful.

If it's family you're trying to save BotBot, why are you eliminating mine from the equation? I wish for once one of you Mormons would just quit with the bullshit and tell me how it is you get to the conclusion that your family is more worthy of protection than mine.

Come on, just one practicing Mormon, spell it out for me: Exactly what is it that makes your family more worthy of protection than mine?

There are plenty of successful dudes who've gotten naked for their film roles. Why not approach a handful of them and do something really cool and unique. Viggo Mortenson, Eric Stolz, Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrel, Kevin Spacey, Richard Gere, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin Bacon, Harvey Keitel, William H Macy, they've all gotten naked for the camera. I think it's a myth that you can't get guys naked or that nobody wants to see them so.

I do.

The guys in body suits don't strike me as funny or ironic or anything other than stupid. I'm surprised Annie would take the assignment.

Oh, and my list above, I'd especially like to emphasize Colin, Ewan and Viggo for a nude cover shot for Vanity Fair. As long as we're going to fantasize we may as well really fantasize. If you know what I mean.

Funny stuff. But seriously, that's why I already date only men. Everyone thinks it's because I'm gay but the fact is, I love being able to fuck 'em all day without worrying about getting 'em pregnant. I'm a pragmatist.

But truly, seriously, thanks for the laughs!

Let's all make men the new women.

Men make much better women than women do anyway, because:

1. They really like to be treated as sex objects, so that would be no problem.

2. You can fuck 'em all day, they don't get pregnant.

3. They're a cheap date. They don't need so much money for cosmetics, clothes and hair.

4. They can lift heavy things.

Men: the perfect women. Let the revolution begin.

I've gone back and looked at this picture again several times and realized that I've been overthinking it. I don't know about all of the more controversial implications being discussed here as much as I know that I just find the picture ugly. A fat guy in a flesh colored bodysuit lying on his belly faux-sexy is not my idea of a magazine cover that I want sitting around in my house for a month. Yuk.

So I won't buy this issue because I think the cover is ugly and I don't want to look at it anymore than I already have. I'll still have to deal with it in the stores unfortunately. Maybe I'll be lucky and they'll have printed an alternate cover for some areas? If they haven't then I'll just force myself to think of Paul Rudd's furry chest every time I see it and hope that distracts me from the rest of the mess.

Thanks for the great article Joan. It was much needed.

In reality we probably won't have to worry about Limbaugh much longer because at the rate he's ballooning he's likely to have a heart attack soon.

What'a really sad about America is that people like him actually have a following here. I don't care that people have differing views from mine but Limbaugh's extraordinary meanspiritedness borders on sociopathic. That people find that appealing is a sad indictment.

"He gets the religious right to follow him despite his three divorces, drug use, and sanctimonious hypocrisy. Seriously I believe anyone who admires the likes of a hate-mongering bully like Rush is as sick and perverted as he is."

And that's exactly what's frightening about his popularity. It's like the Jerry Springer show on steroids with millions of people cheering the sad fucks on and reveling in the tawdriness of it all. It's a sad day when role models are scraped from the bottom of the Springer barrel.

By the way, is the rumour I heard about Limbaugh and Coulter getting married true?

Thanks Garrison. A wonderful tribute.