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Following is a Rants & Raves column for August 23. Mentioned names and titles are Connie Chung Gary Condit Chandra Levy Primetime Thursday Chris Matthews HBO Brian Billick Baltimore Ravens CBS Baby Bob Jonathan Silverman Joely Fisher Family Guy Pepsi Latin Grammys Jennifer Lopez Bill O'Reilly Marilyn Manson Elvis

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HOLLYWOOD, May 24, 2000 -- It’s the kiss that’s on everyone’s lips this week. After a season of teenage angst and longing, tonight’s season finale of “Dawson’s Creek” (8 p.m. EDT/PDT, WB) features the first passionate homosexual kiss between two men to ever take place on primetime television. In the episode, titled “True Love,” Jack McPhee (Kerr Smith), who came out last season after briefly dating Joey Potter (Katie Holmes), shares an onscreen kiss with friend-turned-boyfriend Ethan (Adam Kauffman).

No less than the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has branded the smooch "historic." And while the kiss between Jack and Ethan might indeed be primetimes's first romantic kiss between two men, it's hardly the first gay kiss on the tube.

Herein are some examples of primetime television’s gay and lesbian smooches:

"Melrose Place": On May 18, 1994, Matt (Dou

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Guitar guru Eric Clapton and girlfriend Melia McEnery welcomed the arrival of their 7-pound daughter, Julie Rose Clapton, last week in Columbus, Ohio.