A lingering kiss between gay partners and their declaration of love in front of the cameras at the Tony Awards, stole the show Sunday night. “It was certainly the most prominent assertion of gay confidence at the awards yet, and comes at a time of a backlash against gay and lesbian relationships. ‘I thought, ‘No, no, no, this is the whole point.’ The whole point is that we all have to risk something personal to make something happen. The more it’s talked about the more it becomes commonplace, the less it becomes freakish. I think it’s a good thing’.”