When marriage equality has come to Iowa and Vermont, does it matter if Adam Lambert is gay?

New York Times

April 10, 2009

"What is notable is the intensity of the insinuations caroming around the Internet and in certain corners of the mainstream press -- that and the fact that even asking whether a gay contestant can win a broadly popular reality show, whose survivors are selected by public acclaim, seems increasingly anachronistic in light of decisions in Iowa and Vermont to extend marriage rights to gay men and lesbians." [Link]