Lance Bass May Need A Partner, But Guy Or Girl?

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Rush and Molloy at the New York Daily News are reporting that former 'N Sync heartthrob Lance Bass is this close to signing on for the next season of "Dancing with the Stars."

According to R & M:

But we hear network execs are already fretting over whether or not to pair the openly gay pop star with a male or female dance partner.

See now I think this is a great dilemma to have.  We've gotten to a point, on TV anyway, where the big deal isn't whether or not a celebrity is openly gay but which sex dance partner he should be paired with.

The thing is, if you know anything about ballroom dancing, the basic steps of any dance are different for the man and the woman.  The man leads and the woman follows.

So which would Lance dance?  The woman's steps or the man's?  Would he dance on the woman's competition night or on the man's?  I guess it would depend on the steps he was dancing.  But then how fair would that be if he was competing against the women?  Makes you think doesn't it?

Personally I think it's a made up dilemma.  Gay or not, he's a man and should dance the man's steps and have a woman partner.  Just because he's gay doesn't mean he should get away with not having to lead.  And if he were to dance the woman's role he should have to wear those foot busting heels and those ball busting costumes.

Now that I'd like to see.