{"id":90617,"date":"2022-08-07T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T22:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=90617"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T22:41:36","slug":"family-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2022\/08\/07\/family-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, I believe people should do whatever they enjoy doing \u2013 within the limits of their local ordinances, of course.&nbsp; But even my <em>laissez-faire<\/em> attitude was pushed to the limit when I read a recent column by <strong>Dan Savage<\/strong>.&nbsp; A reader wanted to know if he should continue to date someone who previously had a threesome with his parents!&nbsp; Note the plural \u2013 parentS.&nbsp; As in both.&nbsp; And this is not a situation where the person had two fathers.&nbsp; These were parents of the opposite sex.&nbsp; If the letter is to be believed, the discovery was made when the writer introduced his beau to his parents.&nbsp; Turns out that the three of them hooked up a decade earlier, during what the boyfriend refers to as his \u201cbig bi slut phase\u201d.&nbsp; Again, I am not one to judge, but no \u2013 this would be a deal-breaker.&nbsp; I\u2019m sure the boyfriend is lovely, and perhaps I could get past him sleeping with one of my parents.&nbsp; Although I suppose it would depend which one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Manganiello&nbsp;<\/strong>made a fascinating discovery about his family.&nbsp; The <strong><em>Magic Mike II<\/em><\/strong> star, best known for his body of work, was having his family tree researched by <strong>Henry Louis Gates Jr<\/strong>. for <strong><em>Finding Your Roots<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; That\u2019s when we learned that Manganiello\u2019s fifth great-grandfather was black!&nbsp; I don\u2019t know what it is about this news that titillates me, but I suddenly find myself extremely jealous of <strong>Sofia Vergara<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Then we have Republican <strong>Glenn Thompson<\/strong>, a member of the <em>House of Representatives <\/em>who recently voted against codifying same-sex marriage.&nbsp; Three days after that vote, he not only attended the same-sex wedding of his son <strong>Kale <\/strong>to <strong>Phil Green<\/strong>, but made a speech \u2013 an audio recording of which has gone public.&nbsp; Not only does Thompson say, \u201cWe\u2019re just blessed\u201d, but also praises his son finding a man he could spend the rest of his life with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, I believe people should do whatever they enjoy doing \u2013 within the limits of their local ordinances, of course.&nbsp; But even my laissez-faire attitude was pushed to the limit when I read a recent column by Dan Savage.&nbsp; 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