Senator John McCain Believes American Policy Prohibiting Openly Gay Service Members Works Well, Senate DADT Showdown, Sacramento Gays Protest Capleton Concert, Westboro Baptist Church Ohio Counter-Protest, Jake Gyllenhaal Penis, Rafael Nadal Ass

Republican Senator John McCain, of Arizona, believes that the American military policy prohibiting openly gay service members is not problematic, and that the efforts to repeal the ban known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” is founded on President Obama’s political pandering, an effort, according to McCain, by the president, an “inexperienced” candidate, to fulfill promises he made, McCain appearing Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. McCain said that “The military is at its highest point in recruitment, in retention, in professionalism, in capability, so to somehow allege that this policy has been damaging the military is simply false.”

Time, meanwhile, on the supposed "showdown in the Senate" over "don't ask, don't tell" this week, bracketed by the release Tuesday of the study commissioned by the Pentagon as well as an appearance Thursday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which McCain is the ranking Republican, where both intend to state that they are ready to repeal the ban.

Gay activists are planning on protesting a performance by anti-gay Jamaican artist Capleton, scheduled to appear in Sacramento, California Sunday evening at an area club, Harlow’s according to a report from Fox 40. Harlow’s allegedly first agreed to cancel the performance after local advocates pointed out Capleton’s lyrics (including a reference to emolliating) articulate violence against gays and lesbians and that he had signed and subsequently violated the Reggae Compassion Act, however the concert was rescheduled after fans complained about the cancellation.

The Dayton Daily News reports that local gay activists announced that they intend to attend the funeral of Army Specialist Jesse Snow to support his family and to offer opposition to a delegation from the Westboro Baptist Church. Jesse Snow, a 25 year old killed alongside four fellow soldiers November 14th in Afghanistan, is to be buried Tuesday at Mary, Help of Christian Parish, in Fairborn, Ohio. Christopher Perkins, president of the Brite Signal Alliance, a Sinclair Community College support group for gay and transgender students, who organised the counter-protest, said “We are going to be out there to support the family, the military and Jesse as a hero. I live in Fairborn and for them to come to my community and disrespect (Snow) is uncalled for.” He has partnered with a motorcycle group – the Patriot Guard Riders – to shield the family from the anti-gay pronouncements from the WBC while they attend the funeral.

You may have heard that the Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal film Love and Other Drugs features ample gratuitous nudity on the part of Hathaway, but now comes a peak purportedly of Jake’s penis. (NSFW)

A purple Rafael Nadal and his best asset were on display Sunday in London at the ATP World Tour Finals in a match against Roger Federer.