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Orange County's latest cruising spot?
George Michael, barred from Will Rogers Park in Los Angeles, should check out what may become the area's newest, grandest T-room, in nearby Costa Mesa. It's at the extravagant new 65,000-square-foot world
headquarters of the multi-million-dollar Trinity Broadcasting Network, off freeway 405 in Orange County.
TBN and its leaders, Paul and Jan Crouch, may well be number-one among religious right televangelists. But while you're doing "number one" in its immaculately ordered restroom, you might notice
that whoever is sitting on the john can see all just by gazing heavenward. For the entire men's room (the women's room remains unexplored by this correspondent) is covered in mirrored glass-- not just above the sinks, not just
on all the walls, but everywhere on the ceiling.
It makes sense that TBN Headquarters should become a hot cruising spot, for from the freeway, the complex looks like a recreation of an ancient Roman baths dating from the most decadent days of empire.
The well-appointed toilet is an enjoyable diversion after a short time in the nearby "Virtual Reality Theater." There a video presents, incongruously, a history of Costa Mesa, along with a marketing pitch
for TBN's worldwide, 784-station empire. CEO Crouch appears on the screen to request a donation upon exiting, which this reporter happily did.
Visitors are then escorted to another, larger room, where a dramatic recreation of Jesus's life is shown in HDTV and surround-sound. The gay-friendly motifs evident in the TBN toilet continue here,
with portrayals of attractive young shephards, and cameo appearances of other other men sporting angel drag. Within a few minutes of the announcment of His birth by a seraphic Gabriel, Jesus grows up to become a leader of
a comradely gang of men who dig hanging out with Him. Even doubting Thomas and Judas look cute. An SM theme gets developed as Jesus, swinging a whip, clears the synagogue of the money-changers, and then climaxes
in the graphically realized crucifixion. On exiting the theater, there are no offering boxes, so grateful visitors may be tempted to head again to the bathroom and dump a donation there.
Editor's Note: Submitted by --Daniel C. Tsang
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