Who was gay on the brady bunch

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As the latest star to speak out in favor of same-sex marriage, Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady on the iconic s sitcom " The Brady Bunch ," said that if her on-screen dad Robert Reed had been "allowed to form a relationship with another man, he would have been the best husband ever.

So I really can honestly say, 'My Dad was Gay. Reed died in at age 59 from colon cancer, with HIV listed as a significant contributing factor to his death. Following his death, cast members, including Florence Henderson, who played his wife on the show, and Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady, acknowledged that he was a closeted homosexual.

Olsen wrote in last Wednesday's post that because his homosexuality was "so taboo, he could never make peace with himself. Reed briefly married fellow Northwestern student Marilyn Rosenberger, and they had a daughter before divorcing. But Bob could not be at peace with this because the people surrounding him shoved their own judgment down his throat and, sadly, he bought into it.

He thought he was wrong. In addition to her tribute to her "gay dad," Olsen posted a picture of herself from the iconic series praying beside Reed and Henderson, along with the caption, "Please God, let the Supreme Court know that you think it's OK for gay people to marry.

After receiving thousands of comments, many of them positive, Olsen wrote on her Facebook page Friday, "Many thanks to all the wonderful people nearly as many straight people as gay! Your notes were incredibly touching and made me glad I said what I did. All rights reserved.