Anchor wants to be ‘the gay Dan Rather’ – Orlando Sentel

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• DAN RATHER ON HIS PERSONAL EVOLUTN: "WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYJUNE 30, 2015/2:14 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 30, 2015 / 2:14 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAN RATHER ON HIS PERSONAL EVOLUTN: \"WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-30T18:14:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-30T18:14:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER CBS NEWS ANCHORMAN DAN RATHER ISN'T BROADSTG TO LNS OF HOM ANYMORE, BUT HE STILL HAS A LOT TO TELL . IN A FACEBOOK POST TODAY, THE VETERAN NEWSMAN MED ON HOW AMERI—AND HE HIMSELF—HAS EVOLVED ON LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF MY YOUNGER REARS TO REALIZE, BUT FOR MOST OF MY LIFE WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE LGBT MUNY WAS NEVER DISCSED 'POLE' PANY," WR RATHER, 83. "AND ALL OF THE HORRIBLE EPHETS FOR GAYS WERE BANDIED ABOUT WHOUT A SEND THOUGHT. TODAY PRINT OBAMA MENTNS LGBT A SPEECH AND NO ONE TAK NOTICE. THE WHE HOE IS BATHED A RABOW LIGHT AND BE AN TER MEME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_210042" ALIGN="ALIGNNONE" WIDTH="370"] DAN RATHER 1963 (PHOTO: CBS)[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SETTG THE HISTORIL STAGE, RATHER RELLED DEMOCRATIC SENATOR EDMUND MKIE, WHO CLARED "GODDAMN , IF I HAVE TO BE NICE TO A BUNCH OF SODOM TO BE ELECTED PRINT, THEN F**K ," AND HIS OWN EARLY ATTUS TOWARD GAY PEOPLE. "WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU," HE ADMS. "I PROBABLY, IF ASKED AT THE TIME, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY TOLERANT BY TODAY'S STANDARDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS CHANGE OF HEART ME TWO FORMS—ONE, HE HAD SOME CLOSE IENDS E OUT TO HIM. "THIS WAS S AGO AND REORIENTED ME, AN EXPERIENCE I IMAGE IS SIAR FOR SO MANY PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_210044" ALIGN="ALIGNNONE" WIDTH="469"] RATHER A 1985 NEWSST[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER, HE EXPLAS, IS THAT HE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS MISSN AS A JOURNALIST WAS "TO GIVE VOICE TO THE POWERLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE BUT I AM HAPPY TODAY THAT LGBT VOIC ARE NOW A MUCH FULLER PART OF OUR NATNAL DISURSE," HE ENDS. "WE ARE A BETTER NATN BEE OF ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, READ THE FULL TEXT OF RATHER'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT I NEVER THOUGHT BACK WHEN I WAS VERG THE BTAL BATTL OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT I WOULD LIVE TO SEE AN AIN-AMERIN PRINT. BUT AT LEAST THE SHANK OF THE EVENG OVER AN ADULT BEVERAGE OR TWO THAT WAS SOMETHG WE WOULD SPECULATE ABOUT. WHAT NO ONE EVER THOUGHT TO EVEN DISCS WAS WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE ANYWHERE, LET ALONE NOW ALL 50 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF MY YOUNGER REARS TO REALIZE, BUT FOR MOST OF MY LIFE WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE LGBT MUNY WAS NEVER DISCSED "POLE" PANY. AND ALL OF THE HORRIBLE EPHETS FOR GAYS WERE BANDIED ABOUT WHOUT A SEND THOUGHT. TODAY PRINT OBAMA MENTNS LGBT A SPEECH AND NO ONE TAK NOTICE. THE WHE HOE IS BATHED A RABOW LIGHT AND BE AN TER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S A FAR CRY OM WHAT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR EDMUND MKIE WAS QUOTED AS SAYG WHEN HE RAN FOR PRINT 1972. "GODDAMN , IF I HAVE TO BE NICE TO A BUNCH OF SODOM TO BE ELECTED PRINT, THEN F--K ." THAT WAS CERTALY THE PREVAILG POLIL LCULATN AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS RAISED A RELIG HOEHOLD TEXAS AND I UNRSTAND THE EPLY-HELD RELIG BELIEFS THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE NCERNED WH THE SUPREME COURT LG HAVE. (I DISTGUISH THIS OM THE CYNIL POLIL MOTIV DRIVG SOME PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND MEDIA PERSONALI TO CRY MARRIAGE EQUALY). I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE OF GOOD FAH N DISAGREE ON THIS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM HEARTENED THAT SO MANY OF MY FELLOW AMERINS ARE CHANGG THEIR MDS. IT'S A JOURNEY I MYSELF HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU. I PROBABLY, IF ASKED AT THE TIME, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY TOLERANT BY TODAY'S STANDARDS. BUT TWO IMPORTANT THGS HAPPENED. ONE IS THAT I HAD SOME VERY CLOSE IENDS E OUT TO ME. THIS WAS S AGO AND REORIENTED ME, AN EXPERIENCE I IMAGE IS SIAR FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. IT'S EASY TO SEE GAYS AS "OTHERS" UNTIL ONE IS A CLOSE FAY MEMBER, LLEAGUE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER THG THAT HAPPENED IS I SAW MY MISSN AS A JOURNALIST TO GIVE VOICE TO THE POWERLS. AND FOR MOST OF MY REER THE LGBT MUNY WAS THE VOICELS AND POWERLS. THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE BUT I AM HAPPY TODAY THAT LGBT VOIC ARE NOW A MUCH FULLER PART OF OUR NATNAL DISURSE. WE ARE A BETTER NATN BEE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RATHER STEPPED DOWN OM ANCHORG THE CBS EVENG NEWS  2005, BUT HE'S FAR OM RETIRED—YOU N TCH HIM ON THE BIG INTERVIEW, TUDAYS AT 8PM ON AXS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FEATURE PHOTO: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• JT WHAT WE NEED: THE GAY DAN RATHER

DAN RATHER ON HIS PERSONAL EVOLUTN: "WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYJUNE 30, 2015/2:14 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 30, 2015 / 2:14 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAN RATHER ON HIS PERSONAL EVOLUTN: \"WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-30T18:14:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-30T18:14:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER CBS NEWS ANCHORMAN DAN RATHER ISN'T BROADSTG TO LNS OF HOM ANYMORE, BUT HE STILL HAS A LOT TO TELL . IN A FACEBOOK POST TODAY, THE VETERAN NEWSMAN MED ON HOW AMERI—AND HE HIMSELF—HAS EVOLVED ON LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF MY YOUNGER REARS TO REALIZE, BUT FOR MOST OF MY LIFE WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE LGBT MUNY WAS NEVER DISCSED 'POLE' PANY," WR RATHER, 83. "AND ALL OF THE HORRIBLE EPHETS FOR GAYS WERE BANDIED ABOUT WHOUT A SEND THOUGHT. TODAY PRINT OBAMA MENTNS LGBT A SPEECH AND NO ONE TAK NOTICE. THE WHE HOE IS BATHED A RABOW LIGHT AND BE AN TER MEME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_210042" ALIGN="ALIGNNONE" WIDTH="370"] DAN RATHER 1963 (PHOTO: CBS)[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SETTG THE HISTORIL STAGE, RATHER RELLED DEMOCRATIC SENATOR EDMUND MKIE, WHO CLARED "GODDAMN , IF I HAVE TO BE NICE TO A BUNCH OF SODOM TO BE ELECTED PRINT, THEN F**K ," AND HIS OWN EARLY ATTUS TOWARD GAY PEOPLE. "WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU," HE ADMS. "I PROBABLY, IF ASKED AT THE TIME, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY TOLERANT BY TODAY'S STANDARDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS CHANGE OF HEART ME TWO FORMS—ONE, HE HAD SOME CLOSE IENDS E OUT TO HIM. "THIS WAS S AGO AND REORIENTED ME, AN EXPERIENCE I IMAGE IS SIAR FOR SO MANY PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_210044" ALIGN="ALIGNNONE" WIDTH="469"] RATHER A 1985 NEWSST[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER, HE EXPLAS, IS THAT HE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS MISSN AS A JOURNALIST WAS "TO GIVE VOICE TO THE POWERLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE BUT I AM HAPPY TODAY THAT LGBT VOIC ARE NOW A MUCH FULLER PART OF OUR NATNAL DISURSE," HE ENDS. "WE ARE A BETTER NATN BEE OF ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, READ THE FULL TEXT OF RATHER'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT I NEVER THOUGHT BACK WHEN I WAS VERG THE BTAL BATTL OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT I WOULD LIVE TO SEE AN AIN-AMERIN PRINT. BUT AT LEAST THE SHANK OF THE EVENG OVER AN ADULT BEVERAGE OR TWO THAT WAS SOMETHG WE WOULD SPECULATE ABOUT. WHAT NO ONE EVER THOUGHT TO EVEN DISCS WAS WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE ANYWHERE, LET ALONE NOW ALL 50 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF MY YOUNGER REARS TO REALIZE, BUT FOR MOST OF MY LIFE WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE LGBT MUNY WAS NEVER DISCSED "POLE" PANY. AND ALL OF THE HORRIBLE EPHETS FOR GAYS WERE BANDIED ABOUT WHOUT A SEND THOUGHT. TODAY PRINT OBAMA MENTNS LGBT A SPEECH AND NO ONE TAK NOTICE. THE WHE HOE IS BATHED A RABOW LIGHT AND BE AN TER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S A FAR CRY OM WHAT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR EDMUND MKIE WAS QUOTED AS SAYG WHEN HE RAN FOR PRINT 1972. "GODDAMN , IF I HAVE TO BE NICE TO A BUNCH OF SODOM TO BE ELECTED PRINT, THEN F--K ." THAT WAS CERTALY THE PREVAILG POLIL LCULATN AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS RAISED A RELIG HOEHOLD TEXAS AND I UNRSTAND THE EPLY-HELD RELIG BELIEFS THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE NCERNED WH THE SUPREME COURT LG HAVE. (I DISTGUISH THIS OM THE CYNIL POLIL MOTIV DRIVG SOME PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND MEDIA PERSONALI TO CRY MARRIAGE EQUALY). I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE OF GOOD FAH N DISAGREE ON THIS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM HEARTENED THAT SO MANY OF MY FELLOW AMERINS ARE CHANGG THEIR MDS. IT'S A JOURNEY I MYSELF HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WASN'T VERY ENLIGHTENED ON GAY ISSU. I PROBABLY, IF ASKED AT THE TIME, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY TOLERANT BY TODAY'S STANDARDS. BUT TWO IMPORTANT THGS HAPPENED. ONE IS THAT I HAD SOME VERY CLOSE IENDS E OUT TO ME. THIS WAS S AGO AND REORIENTED ME, AN EXPERIENCE I IMAGE IS SIAR FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. IT'S EASY TO SEE GAYS AS "OTHERS" UNTIL ONE IS A CLOSE FAY MEMBER, LLEAGUE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER THG THAT HAPPENED IS I SAW MY MISSN AS A JOURNALIST TO GIVE VOICE TO THE POWERLS. AND FOR MOST OF MY REER THE LGBT MUNY WAS THE VOICELS AND POWERLS. THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE BUT I AM HAPPY TODAY THAT LGBT VOIC ARE NOW A MUCH FULLER PART OF OUR NATNAL DISURSE. WE ARE A BETTER NATN BEE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RATHER STEPPED DOWN OM ANCHORG THE CBS EVENG NEWS  2005, BUT HE'S FAR OM RETIRED—YOU N TCH HIM ON THE BIG INTERVIEW, TUDAYS AT 8PM ON AXS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FEATURE PHOTO: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

"And all of the horrible ephets for gays were bandied about whout a send thought. "[ptn id="attachment_210042" align="alignnone" width="370"] Dan Rather 1963 (Photo: CBS)[/ptn]Settg the historil stage, Rather relled Democratic Senator Edmund Mkie, who clared "Goddamn , if I have to be nice to a bunch of sodom to be elected Print, then f**k , " and his own early attus toward gay people. "When I was young, I wasn't very enlightened on gay issu, " he adms.

JT WHAT WE NEED: THE GAY DAN RATHER

What no one ever thought to even discs was whether we would have legalized gay marriage anywhere, let alone now all 50 might be difficult for some of my younger rears to realize, but for most of my life what we now refer to as the LGBT muny was never discsed "pole" pany. And all of the horrible ephets for gays were bandied about whout a send thought.