Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A New Jersey gay rights group thought a Cher impersonator, who happened to be a man, would liven up a Democratic Party meeting but met resistance instead. The state Democrats gathered in Atlantic City, which Steve Goldstein, founder of Garden State Equality, a gay-rights organization, booked "Cher" to appear in full Cher regalia and lip-synch a few of the singer's greatest hits. Advertisement But before the impersonator could hit the stage, a state party official approached Goldstein and -- as witnesses told the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger -- said, "We can't have THAT walking in the hallway. What if the press sees that? What if they report on that in tomorrow's papers?" "Cher" did get in a couple of numbers, however, and among those dancing was state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, a 71-year-old grandmother. "Cher wasn't great," Weinberg told the Star-Ledger. "But I survived it. And I didn't catch anything. I'm still wearing women's clothes."
