Marvel Comics makes history with a gay X-Men marriage.
Marvel Comics’ Astonishing X-Men is set to experience a new sound effect on top of its booms, whams, and sknits: the bong of wedding bells. Specifically, it’s the wedding bells of Marvel’s first gay marriage between longtime X-Man Northstar and his civilian boyfriend, Kyle. After pairing up the couple in 2009, Marvel is officially tying their knot in June’s Astonishing X-Men #51.
(x)
Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 forbidding homosexuality: $200
Not knowing that Leviticus 19:28 forbids tattoos: Priceless
“I hope you…”
- Remember to live in the real world. Know what’s happening. Watch the news, read newspapers. Don’t live under a rock!
- Don’t just observe, participate. Contribute to your family and community. Don’t make yourself the “other;” close the gap.
- Live actually, not virtually. Blogging, tweeting, facebooking, status updates, texting… there is more.
- Avoid debt. Support yourself as you begin. Debt derails careers!
- Don’t trust people who say you’re brilliant. Norman Vincent Peale said, “Most people would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” If you’re doing the best you can, be okay with that.
- Never give up. Rejections pile up and make you afraid; they make you quit. Press on!
- Figure out how to live without fear. The only thing that should make you shiver and shake is falling in love with someone. Don’t be too sensible.
- [John hopes that] all your dreams don’t come true. The future shouldn’t be limited by what you can conceive. Be open for more! But when things don’t work out, take it with grace.
Okay, here it is, your choice… it’s simple, her or me, and I’m sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big ‘pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window’, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.
