Looking back with love

I know...it takes me years to catch up with movies. I spent the first day of my 3 day 4th of July weekend completely cleaning my house and then I watched Broke Back Mountain. I have gay friends who were very upset because it didn't have the ending that they wanted. But they fail to see that the setting was in the late 60's to 70's. In that same time frame, the first really serious boyfriend I had worked earnestly to convince one of our dearest friends in our circle that his fascination with a same sex friend was NOT real. My friend, who lives with his gay lover, is still my friend. This movie brought back so many memories and so much empathy for people who closeted their feelings - tiny steps, my friends. Eventually, the idiots who think that love is limited will die off. As even George Will has admitted, "My Granddaughter thinks that being gay is no different than being left handed." This tolerance can't come too soon.