The Lincoln Memorial

            I was a history major in college, so it makes sense that I like to watch the History Channel from time to time. I was watching a segment on Abraham Lincoln when it was suggested that "Honest Abe," maybe wasn’t so honest. Abe had a friend. His friend was a man. Abe and his friend spent a lot of time together and shared the same bedroom. I got to thinking, how great would it be if Abe had a streak of lavender in him. That would set the country on fire. The evangelicals would be upset, that’s for sure. My mind raced thinking about the possibilities. I thought about the Lincoln memorial and the five-dollar bill. We’d have a great big statue of a gay man in DC proper. The bigots would be beside themselves with anger, but then again, the bigots are always besides themselves with anger.