"I've gotten in some hot water for suggesting that marriage equality could come to Michigan as soon as 2012," she said to the crowd gathered at the Capitol on June 13. "That is not yet Michigan Equality's official position - just my personal opinion. We don't have any secret plan; just a lot of hope and confidence."

"I suspect that by the time this administration is over, I think you guys will have pretty good feelings about the Obama administration," he added.The 300 or so LGBT people gathered for the historic White House celebration of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall appeared to have "pretty good feelings" about the Obama administration already. The crowd cheered as the President and First Lady were introduced and entered the room, taking about three minutes to reach the podium, as they shook hands with various invited guests.

"That's the thing about my family," Glenn starts, "they're not a Hollywood family. Mom and dad will sit at home at the TV and maybe TiVo it, maybe watch it, but they might miss it and fall asleep and watch it the next day. Or a week later."

"A Picasso" is about the Picasso living in Paris under Nazi occupation in 1941. So it seems odd that in advertising its production Performance Network would promote suspense as the play's selling point: "At stake - much more than his art and nothing less than his life."