Morning Meme: Curtain Falls On "La Cage," Why Reichen Went Commando On Cam, and Is Barrowman Stripping Down, Too?

In news that will surprise no one, Speaker John Boehner has no idea how much it will cost the House to defend DOMA, nor does he seem to care. It seems fiscal responsibility is only a political tool, and when it comes to discriminating against ‘mos, break out the credit card!

The cobra who escaped from the Bronx Zoo last week now has a name. Thanks to voting by the public, the cobra has the totally menacing name of “Mia.”

Tina Fey is going to host Saturday Night Live next month, at which point she’ll be six months pregnant. I shudder to imagine what the skits will be about.

For reasons that will baffle me until I die or marry Gareth Thomas, Fox has renewed Bob’s Burgers for another season. If they cancel American Dad for that piece of junk, I’m going to be so angry. And you won’t like me when I’m angry.

At least one GOP lawmaker in Montana (you must be so proud) thinks leaving the criminalization of homosexuality on the books in the state makes sense, as the Supreme Court only decriminalized being gay in the privacy of your bedroom. If you have the nerve to be gay in public, well, you’re going to jail.

I still haven’t made it to Universal Studios for the Harry Potter park, but I’m told the highlight is the butterbeer. And now someone has reverse engineered the flavor into cupcake form.

I generally take Vulture seriously when they talk about television, but in The 20 Most Exciting Pilots of the Upcoming TV Season, they list Mann’s World, the awful hairdresser show with Don Johnson. That completely ruined the rush I had from them saying Smash was “already on the air.”

This story about Jesus being an openly gay man was something I’d avoid running in general. It’s not that I’m afraid to take the risk, it just didn’t seem worth it. But the tip came from reader Darrien, who I hadn’t heard from in forever and had missed terribly. And he’s right – the story isn’t the read, it’s the comments. You really have to read the comments.

It turns out if you look at earth through gravity waves, it’s a bit of a lumpy potato, not a big blue marble.

When the current cast finishes their run next month, La Cage Aux Folles will take a final bow. Things just aren’t selling the same without Kelsey Grammer, which is completely bizarre.

Go for the shirtless ring boys, stay to watch gay guys beat the crap out of each other.

A new study that has questionable methodology at best says that there are 9 million GLBT Americans, or about 3.5% of the population. But if you expand that to people who have had same sex encounters, you get about 18 million people.

Dancing With the Stars ' Karina Smirnoff will be appearing nude in the pages of Playboy. So that means Playgirl better start chasing Louis Van Amstel doggedly. Fair is fair. And tell him to bring that hottie boyfriend along.

There are reports filtering out that John Barrowman is appearing nude in Torchwood: Miracle Day, and that’s he’s extra buff for the occasion.

We may have joked about why Reichen Lemhkuhl decided to appear fully nude on a cam site, but evidently he’s not thought about the why that much. “I don't feel that this story represents anything different in me than what the majority of gay men have done at one point or another -- as far as posting a private picture over internet lines for private viewing. In my, now, nine years of being in the public eye, I've seen many less-flattering photos attributed to me, so that's a plus.  Moving on..."