"The Religious Right is targeting marriage equality in Maine with big money and false attacks, virtually identical to the fearmongering strategies in 2008's Proposition 8 campaign in California." — People for the American Way, Sept. 17. A new poll shows gays losing marriage in Maine 48 percent to 46 percent.
"The anti-gay forces are pounding Maine with exactly the same scare tactics that worked ( on Prop 8 ) in California. Most of the pro-gay ads are as lame as they were in California as well—and the vote is close. Sigh." — Writer Andrew Sullivan on his blog, Sept. 18.
"We feel confident that we have the right strategy and we're running a Maine-based campaign ( to save same-sex marriage here ) . We have organized an unprecedented grassroots effort with organizers on the ground in every county, on every college campus, in towns and cities across Maine and reaching out to Maine people from Kittery to Fort Kent. Our campaign emphasizes Mainers talking to their friends, neighbors, coworkers and families to build the support we need to win on November 3rd. The proponents of Question 1 are bringing in all the outside, anti-equality forces. These are organizations and individuals with nearly bottomless resources and that's why we need the continuing support of the netroots community and others to remain competitive and, ultimately, to defeat Question 1." — NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality Campaign Manager Jesse Connolly writing at Daily Kos, Sept. 18. A new Kos poll shows gays losing marriage in Maine 48 percent to 46 percent.
"Think of all the money I'll save from not having to text-in my vote." — Ellen DeGeneres Sept. 10 on being selected to replace Paula Abdul as a judge on American Idol.
"At the beginning, when I came out to my mom, she reacted with a sigh and said, 'You're my son and I have to love you.' But now she says, 'You're the best son in the world, and we need to find you a man.'" — Blogger Perez Hilton to CNN, Sept. 9.
"It is, I have to say, quite disgusting that in America and in other countries you cannot have a civil union or something equivalent to marriage. I have someone I've lived together with for 23 years. Recently he was in the hospital for something. I had to carry papers on me at all times that he had signed saying that I could visit him in his room and make medical decisions for him if anything happened. ... If I died tomorrow my estate would be completely taxed and then the remainder go to him whereas if we were a couple his life wouldn't have to change and my entire estate would move to him." — Designer Tom Ford at a press conference for his film A Single Man, Sept. 11 in Venice, Italy.
"I don't want to get married because right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights. ... I have so many friends who are gay and lesbian and would so badly want to get married, and I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself." — Actress Charlize Theron on TV's The View, Sept. 17.
