Uh, why is it obnoxious to have a bestfriend who's like a sister? The speculation on Oprah and Gail's relationship is obnoxious because it's done to stir up a faux controversy.

Women have had these kinds of close knit friendship for ever. Hello? Lucy and Ethel? What's sad is that if two people have a tight bond, it must be perceived as sexual. Isn't this the same kind of crap that makes it difficult for a gay person to have a friendship with a straight person? Fred would like to be friends with John but is afraid of what people will think if he's seen with a gay guy at school.

Instead of making light of this situation, I'm disappointed that you didn't make a stronger stand on Oprah and Gail's friendship.

There are a number of prominent women who have not yet come out. If this is true about Oprah (and I've heard about this pairing before), I hope she does eventually emerge from the closet. But I also agree, close relationships between women can be intense and deep without being part of a sexual relationship.

I have always thought that Oprah is gay. There's just something about her but anyways I started to wonder why she hardly ever has gay topics and when she does it tends to be about gay men. I know when I was in the closet I avoided the topic.

You don't have to be gay to have a close bond with someone of the same sex. I have a best friend and we are close just like Oprah and Gayle. It's a Spiritual connection that is put together by God. She is married with children and I am strictly into men. We are soul sisters whom God brought together. Nothing sexual at all. Whom God put together let no man put assunder. The world tries to label what they don't understand. It is what it is. Just let it be. Don't put your spin on it.