Doria palmieri a clinical psychologist
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Ronald Reagan worried his son was gay
Not all male ballet dancers are gay — see Mikhail Baryshnikov — but enough are that Ronald Reagan was worried when his son, Ron, quit Yale University in 1976 to pursue a dancing career.
Christopher Buckley, the novelist son of William F. Buckley, discussed Reagan Sr.’s qualms with playwright John Guare in a Q&A published in the Lincoln Center Theater schema for the play “The City of Conversation,” starring Jan Maxwell.
“My father and Reagan were close, and my dad had always acted as a kind of godfather to the Reagan children, so Reagan called up my dad and expressed to him his worry that this meant that his son played for the other team,” Christopher said.
“My dad ventured the opinion that all people in the arts might not be gay, but there wasn’t much he could really say about this, and, of course, we now know Ron’s not gay.”
Ron Reagan, 56, married Doria Palmieri, a clinical psychologist, in 1980. They live in Seattle.
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Ronald Reagan feared his son was gay when he dropped out of Yale to become a ballet dancer
- The 40th president's son went on to marry wife Doria in 1980, and the two are still together living in Seattle with their cats
By ASHLEY COLLMAN
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It has been revealed that Ronald Reagan secretly feared his son was gay when the younger Ron dropped out of Yale in 1976 to become a ballet dancer.
Novelist Christopher Buckley, whose father William F Buckley was close with the 40th president, revealed Reagan's fears in a recent Q&A published by the Lincoln Center Theater program.
'My father and Reagan were close, and my dad had always acted as a kind of godfather to the Reagan children, so Reagan called up my dad and expressed to him his worry that this meant that his son played for the other team,' Buckley said.
'My dad ventured the opinion that all people in the arts might not be gay, but there wasn’t much he could really say about this, and, of course, w
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Ron Reagan, not afraid to burn in hell, promotes atheism in TV spot
It’s not easy being an atheist.
A new Pew poll found that atheism ranked at the bottom of a list of 16 traits that might affect someone’s view of a 2016 presidential candidate. (People are more likely to vote for someone who uses pot, has had an extramarital affair, never held office or is gay.)
The U.S. Supreme Court has brought new meaning to the phrase “tear down that wall” as its conservative majority has hammered away at the barrier between church and state. Government bodies are now free, thanks to one recent decision, to impose Christian prayer on everyone at the start of public meetings. Next month, in Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby, the court will decide whether it’s permissible for private, nonprofit employers to impose their religious beliefs on their employees.
So when I turned on my TV the other day to catch up with “The Daily Show,” I was surprised to see a full-throated celebrity endorsement for atheism