A Surprise in the Journal

[Lucky]

The Wall Street Journal, the Rupert Murdoch-owned financial newspaper, is generally considered quite conservative, which means that its readers might be among the legions of folks who oppose gay marriage.

So, it was a surprise when I saw a picture in an article about cell phones. Two men looked pretty cozy. Closer inspection revealed that they were married- to each other- and slept together! This, in the Wall Street Journal? Times are indeed changing!

From the online Journal: (I couldn't get rid of the white space.)

For the fashion-conscious, sleek iPhone and Samsung phones are unlikely to raise eyebrows the way the often-bulky BlackBerry does.

Stephen Matyasfalvi

Business consultant Stephen Matyasfalvi and husband Matti Gidilevich have four phones between them.

"I hide my BlackBerry unless I actually need to use it," says Stephen Matyasfalvi, 38, a Toronto business consultant. "If I am choosing what device to have out for browsing, calling, etc., it's the iPhone and not the BlackBerry. It's not even about being cooler with the iPhone, they just look so much better!"

The same goes for Mr. Matyasfalvi's husband, Matti Gidilevich, who also uses both an iPhone and a BlackBerry, after switching back and forth between the two for several years. Mr. Gidilevich, 35, a director at the Toronto office of Elite Model Management, splits his time between Toronto and New York, and splits his tasks between the two phones. He uses his BlackBerry for email, and takes pictures and checks out social media sites with the iPhone.

For a couple with four phones, there are multiple annoyances. When a phone rings they have to check all four. Their bedside table is piled high with devices and chargers.

[Lucky]

Reading on, I found an article above the fold on the front page of the Marketplace section about gay CEOs;

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443295404577547043705374610.html?mod=WSJ_hp_EditorsPicks

(I didn't know the former CEO of BP was gay!)

(So I think the Journal is on board with gay rights to some rather prominent extent, if not all the way. This means Romney can't go too far in support of the anti-gay bigots, doesn't it?)

[Guest ftlboy]

Two people, four phones, but they want the iphone because it looks cooler? And they agree that "there are multiple annoyances...lovely, but I admit I am that shallow also, and I would do the guy with the stripped shirt Now how gay is that?

[Guest ftlboy]

P.S.....my sis used to be a VP for the infamous Mr. Murdoch. Had a rather nice conversation with him once at a FOX event in San Diego, he is disturbingly conservative. (Disturbingly? is that a word?)

[Guest Fluffypuff]

There is a huge divide between the op-ed page staff and the rest of the Journal staff. The op-ed people are much more conservative.

[Lucky]

There is a huge divide between the op-ed page staff and the rest of the Journal staff. The op-ed people are much more conservative.

That's true. So the editorial side must be aghast today. Good!