| It's been known for more than five years that Prince is a Jehovah's Witness who goes door-to-door trying to win converts to the austere faith, as mentioned in this week's New Yorker. Less appreciated: the musician's growing distance from the liberal artistic values that pervade show business, despite his move to Los Angeles seven years ago. As Claire Hoffman writes, Prince has a budding relationship with Christian conservative media mogul Philip Anschutz, of Denver, and seems to be opposed to gay marriage and adoption. These can' be popular views among Prince's fellow California-based rockers:
When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.’ ”
If Prince wants to get attention for his views, airing them amid nationwide demonstrations against the passage of a California anti-gay-marriage initiative will probably do the trick. What that does for the "celibate" musician's sales and popularity is another matter. FUCK OFF PRINCE | ![]() |
Oh yea, he looks really manly here | ![]() |
Comic book legend Stan Lee is planning to unveil a new superhero, who is gay.
Lee - the man behind Spider-Man, Hulk and the X-Men - is working with U.S. cable network Showtime on an hour-long special, which will be based on Perry Moore's novel Hero.
Hero follows an up-and-coming superhero's struggle to hide his secret identities.
