Because what we're talking about is that in those old musicals there was a subtext, which is to say that the act of sex couldn't be acted out literally on the screen.

NPR: Do Movie Audiences Have a Tin Ear?

Sixteen states have formally adopted the Adam Walsh Act's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States.

CNN: Report: Registry does more harm than good for teen sex offenders

Whatever the Supreme Court ultimately decides about the constitutionality of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, the movement of same-sex marriage from the margins to the mainstream has been achieved.

CNN: How gay rights went mainstream