In this week's Village Voice cover story, we take a long look at why the choice for gays and lesbians to marry (or not) is important. When recent Iowa Straw Poll winner Michele Bachmann stepped into the ring at Meet the Press yesterday, it was a doozy in terms of holding the presidential hopeful accountable on her dismal record on LGBT equality. As shocking as it was to see NBC's David Gregory actually commit an act of journalism on MTP, he did so brilliantly, replete with awkward silences and even more awkward tape quotes.

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​Clinging to the zeitgeist, an enterprising eBay salesperson known as "colbymercury," has taken to the online auction house to offer up a fine pair of Anthony Weiner Replica Underwear, starting bid, $0.99. (Buy them now for $499.99!) As for the description of the fairly average-looking gray boxer briefs, it is as you might expect:

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​Cosmo -- yes, Cosmo -- has taken this opportunity to post their interview with then-31-year-old city councilman Anthony Weiner from back in 1996, when he had aspirations of running for Congress within the next few years and, relationship-wise, wanted to be "sucked back into the throes of love." Weiner had been chosen as one of the magazine's 101 real-life bachelors, garnering a short Q&A along with his photo (looking sharp in a plaid blazer and Mom jeans!) under the headline "The Future President?" FYI: He's a Virgo. Tear sheet after the jump.

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​Remember that time earlier this afternoon Gawker took some guy's sleazy story about the time three years ago on Halloween he hooked up with Christine O'Donnell, the would-be Senator from Delaware, and published it anonymously after paying the guy off?

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​Former New York Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's in for an interesting few weeks. For one thing, his prime time CNN show, Parker Spitzer premiered last night to...interesting...reviews. For another, Alex Gibney's documentary on his downfall -- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer -- is being released in theaters soon, and is already available on-demand on some cable networks (like, naturally, Time-Warner Cable). Yet, one assertion -- and the question of its validity -- somehow keeps rising to the surface: Is the Black Socks Thing actually true?

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