Kaos,
I've NEVER seen Rooney with an earring. Maybe he wore one as a gag for one of his little complaining sessions, but could you have him confused with Ed Bradley who is also on 60 Minutes? They don't look much alike--Bradley is taller, thinner, and black <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>--but he DOES wear an earring regularly!
I don't agree that jewelry--or earrings specifically--necessarily means anything about a person's sexuality anyway. Sure there are homosexuals who wear earrings, but there are also a lot of heterosexuals who do too. Take Michael Jordan and most bikers and pirates in history, for example! Some folks just think it makes them look like a "rebel."
I think we get into trouble when we say, "If X then automatically Y" when it comes to other people. This is what happens when many "conservatives" think of "liberals," or many non-hunters think of hunters, etc. Folks have a thousand different motivations for doing what they do and most people don't bother to understand those motivations. Instead they just lump folks with a similar interest or behavior together, and any sense of the individual gets lost.
Seems to me if I want to know why someone behaves a certain way or holds a certain opinion, the best thing to do is to get to know them and then ask 'em why. If I don't like the answer then I have to make a decision, but at least I'm dealing with facts. Basically, if we don't leap to conclusions then we spare everybody a lot of grief. JMHO.
Take care.