Remarkable!

We have truly entered the 21st century in our liberal way of thinking. I watched 2 episodes of Jay Leno, albeit not in sequence.

The first had Ross Mathews as a guest. Ross had been an intern at the Tonight Show for years, then he graduated to coming on as a judge for the silly but hilarious Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda.

It was quite apparent that he was gay, but his sexual orientation had nothing to do with his talent - he was amusing and outrageous, qualities I find entertaining and stimulating.

This was his first visit as a guest. He talked openly about being gay and went so far as to mention his first (and last) sexual experience with a woman. A curious fact, he said, was that his mother’s name is Gaye!

The second episode was with Wanda Sykes as a guest. She is another comedian that I enjoy. She too talked openly about being a lesbian and about the babies that she and her 'wife' had adopted. She also spoke about her mastectomy and made jokes about her prosthetic breasts (if that’s the term).

These are truly remarkable phenomena - even 10 years ago, you would not have seen or heard people talk so frankly on network television.

I am so proud to live in a country where there is total freedom of speech, and you are not judged on color, creed, race, religion, national origin, familial status, disability or sexual orientation.

We have indeed come a long way!