"We love Obama. We're crazy about Obama in Europe. We're all Obama-crazy. Everyone thinks he's sexy. Lovely teeth, as my mother would say." " The Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant ( pictured ) to Out magazine, June/July issue.
"I think freedom means freedom for everyone. And, as many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it's something that we've lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute that governs this, I don't support. I do believe that historically the way marriage has been regulated is at the state level"this has always been a state issue"and I think that's the way it ought to be handled today, that is, on a state-by-state basis. Different states will make different decisions. But I don't have any problem with that ( same-sex marriage ) . I think people ought to get a shot at that. And they do at present." " Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaking at the National Press Club, June 1.
"In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions. I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage. Article I in the Maine Constitution states that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor be denied the equal protection of the laws, nor be denied the enjoyment of that person's civil rights or be discriminated against.'" " Maine Gov. John Baldacci as he signed a law legalizing same-sex marriage, May 6.
"No, I don't think so ( that people are born gay ) . I think it's a behavior that develops over time." " Carrie Prejean, Miss California USA, to this column April 26 after she failed to win the Miss USA pageant because ( as she sees it ) she told the judges, when asked, that "marriage should be between a man and a woman."
"I believe that same-sex marriage will be approved by a majority of the fifty states in the Union within the next five years. When that occurs, the federal resistance will end and the Congress will vote in favor of federal recognition of same-sex marriages with equal benefits to both homosexual and heterosexual couples. ... As a matter of fundamental fairness, civil marriage must be made available for all consenting adults, irrespective of sexual orientation. And it will happen, more quickly than the public thinks." " Former New York Mayor Ed Koch blogging at the Yonkers Tribune, May 11. Koch has declined to answer reporters' questions about his own sexual orientation.
" ( Rush ) Limbaugh hasn't had a natural erection since the Nixon Administration; think he's compensating for something? Now, I wouldn't pick on him for any of this stuff, not his blubbiness, not his man-boobs, not his inability to have a natural erection"none of that stuff"to me, off limits, until"until"Mr. Limbaugh, you turn that sort of gun on somebody else. Once you start doing that, you're fair game, fat boy. Absolutely, you big jiggly pile of mess. You're just fair game, and you're going to get it, too." " Ron Reagan on Air America May 21 after Rush Limbaugh said putting "pictures of ( Nancy ) Pelosi in every cheap motel room in America ... will keep birth rates down because that picture will keep a lot of things down."
" ( Adam ) Lambert losing ( American Idol ) was Christian right revenge re: ( Carrie ) Prejean and Perez ( Hilton ) ." " Gay Sirius Satellite Radio host Michelangelo Signorile on his Facebook page, May 20.
" ( California now ) is the only state that has both an iron-clad constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and thousands of gay couples whose marriages have full constitutional protection." " Joe Mathews writing at The Daily Beast, May 27.
"I love my daughter. She's my baby girl, come on. So what if she's gay? She's my daughter and she's an amazing woman. She's a good kid. I raised her, she better be good. ... There are a lot of women out there who have gay children. Who cares? ... The thing I want is love. I'm a Christian, and Christ was that way. He loved everybody." " Marie Osmond to Entertainment Tonight, May 20.
"Tom Brokaw appears with his wife. Why can't Anderson Cooper appear with his boyfriend?" " Gay activist and author Larry Kramer to New York's Daily News, May 3.
"I don't know a single effective political organizer or advocate who thinks that marching on Washington accomplishes anything other than wasting millions of dollars, creating a big donor list for ineffective groups to milk later on, and making the marchers feel like they've done something when they haven't. There's talk about having yet another gay March on Washington. Stop it now, please." " Gay blogger John Aravosis ( Americablog.com ) , May 28.
"Listen, I like a good ass fuck as much as the next guy. ... That makes me gay? C'mon. It's the 21st century. ... Despite what Family Guy would lead you to believe, I'm not gay." " Seth MacFarlane, creator of the TV show Family Guy, on Real Time with Bill Maher, May 10.
"I'm a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. I know that when I used to use and drink, that my mind situation was altered completely. Your caution goes out the window and you think, "Oh, well, we'll gamble, we'll have...' and luckily, I was so lucky enough to not be HIV-infected." " Elton John to CNN, May 19.
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