Shining Lantern

So, apparently, in the updated Earth 2 continuity for DC Comics, the original Green Lantern (Alan Scott) is gay. There are some questions raised, but more because they also made him younger. Does he still have kids? How old are they?

The reaction so far that I have seen has been muted…especially considering some of the stuff I was seeing when it was unknown which character was going to be revealedas gay. Folks were freaking out about DC making Superman gay. Ty Templeton addressed how this would drastically change Superman: