If Time's Man/Person/Thing of the year 2004 is 2 queers kissing, I won't be surprised.
It begins:
Daley has 'no problems' with gay marriages
At a news conference called to announce his appointments to fill two key city jobs, Mayor Richard Daley weighed in on a national controversy by saying he had no problem with gay and lesbian couples becoming married.
Asked for his thoughts on gay marriages, Daley pointed out only County Clerk David Orr, not the city, has the power to grant marriage licenses. The county does not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, though last October it established a Domestic Partnership Registry...EXCERPT
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-040218eddaley,1,6654693.story?coll=chi-news-hed