‎The Gay Weddg Collectn by Vam Strg Quartet on Apple Mic

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• HOW "LIKE A PRAYER" MA ME GAY: A {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;}CULTUREBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 2, 2013/7:18 AMBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 2, 2013 / 7:18 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW \"LIKE A PRAYER\" MA ME GAY: A CELEBRATN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-02T11:18:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-02T11:18:44.000+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":"MARK BLANKENSHIP","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, MADONNA'S "LIKE A PRAYER" WAS THE NUMBER ONE SONG AMERI—AND MA ME {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;}LET ME EXPLA: IN THE SPRG OF 1989, I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND LIVG CHATTANOOGA, TENNSEE. ALMOST EVERYONE AROUND ME WAS CERTA THAT MADONNA WAS EVIL, PECIALLY BEE, HER "LIKE A PRAYER" VIO, SHE MA OUT WH A BLACK J AND DANCED ONT OF A FIELD OF BURNG CROSS WHILE WEARG A BLACK {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;}BEG A GOOD YOUNG MAN, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO HELL BY ENJOYG THIS SATANIC MIC. AND YET, SOMETHG ABOUT LLED MY NAME. SOMEWHERE EP MY SOUL, I KNEW I NEED TO HEAR THIS SONG AND WATCH THE VIO. THERE WAS JT SOMETHG ABOUT THE BEAT, ABOUT THE IRRISTIBLE CHOS—AND ABOUT MADONNA HERSELF—THAT KEPT MY ATTENTN. (I'D ALREADY BEEN A MADONNA FAN FOR YEARS AT THIS POT. WHEN I WAS 5, I SAVED UP MY ALLOWANCE TO BUY "MATERIAL GIRL" AS A VYL SGLE.){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 WATCHED THE VIO FOR "LIKE A PRAYER" EVERY CHANCE I GOT—SOMETIM THROUGH MY FGERS, THKG THAT MA LS {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;}IN 1990, WHEN "VOGUE" TURNED ME TO A RABID MADONNA FAN ONCE AND FOR ALL, I CID TO BREAK DOWN AND BUY THE LIKE A PRAYER ALBUM ON SSETTE. I WANTED THE ENTIRE RERD—EVEN THOUGH I STILL WORRIED WAS {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;}NO JOKE: THE NIGHT BEFORE I WENT TO BUY AT WAL-MART, I PRAYED TO GOD TO SEND ME A SIGN IF OWNG LIKE A PRAYER WAS WRONG. IF HE THOUGHT WOULD CURDLE MY SOUL FOREVER, THEN HE JT HAD TO TELL ME AND I'D LET GO. WHEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNG, THOUGH, THERE WERE NO ILL OMENS. I FIGURED GOD DIDN'T GIVE ONE GOOD DAMN IF I BROUGHT THAT PATCHOULI-SCENTED TAPE BACK TO MY {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 WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP REALIZG THAT BEG MYSELF WASN'T A {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;}SO HAPPY 24TH ANNIVERSARY, "LIKE A PRAYER." AND THANKS, GOD, FOR CUTTG ME A BREAK ON THIS {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;}PREVLY: MARKY MARK AND GEE MICHAEL ALSO MA ME GAY. AND SO DID THIS TERRIBLE JASON PRITLY {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;}{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;}MARK BLANKENSHIP WOULD PUT "LIKE A PRAYER" HIS ALL-TIME TOP THREE. HE TWEETS AS @{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
• THE GAY WEDDG COLLECTN
• WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
• SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?

HOW "LIKE A PRAYER" MA ME GAY: A {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;}CULTUREBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 2, 2013/7:18 AMBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 2, 2013 / 7:18 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW \"LIKE A PRAYER\" MA ME GAY: A CELEBRATN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-02T11:18:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-02T11:18:44.000+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":"MARK BLANKENSHIP","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, MADONNA'S "LIKE A PRAYER" WAS THE NUMBER ONE SONG AMERI—AND MA ME {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;}LET ME EXPLA: IN THE SPRG OF 1989, I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND LIVG CHATTANOOGA, TENNSEE. ALMOST EVERYONE AROUND ME WAS CERTA THAT MADONNA WAS EVIL, PECIALLY BEE, HER "LIKE A PRAYER" VIO, SHE MA OUT WH A BLACK J AND DANCED ONT OF A FIELD OF BURNG CROSS WHILE WEARG A BLACK {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;}BEG A GOOD YOUNG MAN, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO HELL BY ENJOYG THIS SATANIC MIC. AND YET, SOMETHG ABOUT LLED MY NAME. SOMEWHERE EP MY SOUL, I KNEW I NEED TO HEAR THIS SONG AND WATCH THE VIO. THERE WAS JT SOMETHG ABOUT THE BEAT, ABOUT THE IRRISTIBLE CHOS—AND ABOUT MADONNA HERSELF—THAT KEPT MY ATTENTN. (I'D ALREADY BEEN A MADONNA FAN FOR YEARS AT THIS POT. WHEN I WAS 5, I SAVED UP MY ALLOWANCE TO BUY "MATERIAL GIRL" AS A VYL SGLE.){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 WATCHED THE VIO FOR "LIKE A PRAYER" EVERY CHANCE I GOT—SOMETIM THROUGH MY FGERS, THKG THAT MA LS {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;}IN 1990, WHEN "VOGUE" TURNED ME TO A RABID MADONNA FAN ONCE AND FOR ALL, I CID TO BREAK DOWN AND BUY THE LIKE A PRAYER ALBUM ON SSETTE. I WANTED THE ENTIRE RERD—EVEN THOUGH I STILL WORRIED WAS {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;}NO JOKE: THE NIGHT BEFORE I WENT TO BUY AT WAL-MART, I PRAYED TO GOD TO SEND ME A SIGN IF OWNG LIKE A PRAYER WAS WRONG. IF HE THOUGHT WOULD CURDLE MY SOUL FOREVER, THEN HE JT HAD TO TELL ME AND I'D LET GO. WHEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNG, THOUGH, THERE WERE NO ILL OMENS. I FIGURED GOD DIDN'T GIVE ONE GOOD DAMN IF I BROUGHT THAT PATCHOULI-SCENTED TAPE BACK TO MY {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 WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP REALIZG THAT BEG MYSELF WASN'T A {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;}SO HAPPY 24TH ANNIVERSARY, "LIKE A PRAYER." AND THANKS, GOD, FOR CUTTG ME A BREAK ON THIS {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;}PREVLY: MARKY MARK AND GEE MICHAEL ALSO MA ME GAY. AND SO DID THIS TERRIBLE JASON PRITLY {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;}{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;}MARK BLANKENSHIP WOULD PUT "LIKE A PRAYER" HIS ALL-TIME TOP THREE. HE TWEETS AS @{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

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THE GAY WEDDG COLLECTN

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WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?

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SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?

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