Anderson Cooper Throws Birthday Party for Gay Party Promoter
Anderson Cooper held a birthday party for gay party promoter Josh Wood, according to The New York Daily News:
Anderson Cooper was a different kind of host on Saturday evening. A source says the “Anderson Cooper 360” anchor held a birthday party for openly gay party planner Josh Wood, of Josh Wood Productions, in the converted firehouse in Greenwich Village that Cooper bought for $4.3M in 2009. Cooper, “dressed casually in a T-shirt and glasses,” was “really social at the party [and] talked to all of his guests.”
Loading ...Anderson Cooper and Madonna Walk Into a Bar
Okay, actually they were sharing some fondue. The Village Voice’s Michael Musto reports that they were at Bourgeois Pig “for some steaming cheese fondue.” Madonna was there with hottie boyfriend Jesus Luz, and Anderson was with his hot boyfriend, Benjamin Maisani (who’s pictured to the left).
Bill Clinton Supports Same Sex Marriage
Bill Clinton says he now supports full marriage rights for gays and lesbians. As President, Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law, which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriages. Anderson Cooper interviewed Clinton and asked him why he changed his mind. Andrew Sullivan has a full transcript. Highlights below (edited for brevity):
AC: You said you recently changed your mind on same-sex marriage. I’m wondering what you mean by that. Do you now believe that gay people should have full rights to civil marriage nationwide?
Clinton: I do. I think that, well let me get back to the last point, the last word. I believe historically, for two hundred and something years, marriage has been a question left to the states and the religious institutions. I still think that’s where it belongs. That is, I was against the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage nationwide … But me, Bill Clinton personally, I changed my position. I am no longer opposed to that. I think if people want to make commitments that last a lifetime, they ought to be able to do it. I have long favored the right of gay couples to adopt children.
AC: What made you change your mind? Was there one thing?
Clinton: I think, what made me change my mind … I’ve never supported all the moves of a few years ago to ban gay couples from adoption. … So I said, you know, I realized that I was over 60 years old, I grew up at a different time, and I was hung up about the word. I had all these gay friends, I had all these gay couple friends … And I decided I was wrong.
That our society has an interest in coherence and strength and commitment and mutually reinforcing loyalties, then if gay couples want to call their union marriage … I don’t think the rest of us should get in the way of it. … And I just realized that, I was, probably for, maybe just because of my age and the way I’ve grown up, I was wrong about that. I just had too many gay friends. I saw their relationships. I just decided I couldn’t, I had an untenable position.
