the truly amazing thing about reading all of these reactions to the article is the staggering amount of homophobia directed at the author by Bette Midler fanatics.

for all of you rushing out to defend Ms. Midler by attacking Mr. Freiss with anti-gay slurs, take a moment and ask yourself what a woman with such a huge following in the GLBT community would think of all the bigoted venom you're spraying in her name.