'Gay people are chasing after all the things that straight people hate. We want to get married, we want to be in the military, we want to have children, and these are all things that straight people are running from in droves.' — Comedy writer and Hollywood Square Bruce Vilanch to St. Louis' Vital Voice, Feb. 27.
'I will defend the sanctity of marriage against activist courts and local officials who want to redefine marriage. The union of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution. I support a constitutional amendment to protect marriage as the union of a man and a woman.' — George W. Bush addressing the National Association of Evangelicals Convention, March 11.
'Republican governors appointed six of the seven justices on the Massachusetts high court that recently ruled gay couples have the right to marry, and Republican presidents appointed four of the six U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to strike down Texas's law banning gay couples from having sex. The claim that 'activist judges' are behind these rulings for equality is nothing short of a fraud.' — From a Lambda Legal press release, March 2.
'The Bush Administration wants to change the positive, inclusive direction of our Constitution by calling for an amendment that authorizes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Well, I say, no way.' — Barbra Streisand addressing a Human Rights Campaign dinner March 6 in Los Angeles.
'One very significant reason for the emergence of this issue [amending the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage] and its endorsement by President Bush is that other Republican policies are in trouble. There is an enormous desire to deflect the public's attention from massive job loss that is occurring, and the tragic loss of life of American servicemen and women in Iraq.' — Openly gay U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., to the Associated Press, March 12.
'I was watching Bush on 'Meet the Oppressor'— it's the longest I've watched him for a long time. And it was hard because [my partner, former NGLTF Executive Director] Urvashi [Vaid] was stomping through the room screaming, and I'd have to say, 'Please— I need to watch this.' Sometimes I think, 'Ugh, I can't believe I have to watch this and keep up.'' — Lesbian comedian Kate Clinton to the Windy City Times, Feb. 25.
'One of the most unpleasant aspects of this business is the extent of which private lives are intruded upon when these kinds of issues come up. I really have always considered my private—my daughters' lives private, and I think that's the way it ought to remain.' — U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney to MSNBC, March 2. Cheney's daughter, Mary, who works for his re-election campaign, is an open lesbian but has remained publicly silent on gay issues for the past several months.
'I believe in domestic partnership. If the people change their minds and they want to overrule that [in favor of same-sex marriage], that's fine with me. But right now, that's the law, and I think every mayor and everyone should abide by the law. ... We have a state law, and I think those issues should be left to the state, so I have no use for a constitutional amendment or change in that at all, no.' — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, March 1.
'http://www.loveisloveislove.com' — The URL of comedian Margaret Cho's new 'Marriage Equality Resource Page.'
'Each and every gay rights organization, at the state and federal level, should state clearly and publicly—and immediately— that we will renounce all support and work actively for the defeat of any elected official who supports amending a federal or state constitution to ban gay marriage.' — Southern Voice Executive Editor Chris Crain in a Feb. 27 editorial.
'Aristotle said, 'You can't live a good life in an unjust society.' And I think there's tremendous injustice when we deny the rights of 40-plus million Americans— the same rights that my wife and me have. That's wrong, and I can't feel in any way, shape or form that my marriage is as whole when I'm denying the same rights that I have as a married man to millions— millions and millions of Americans.' — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on CBS TV's 60 Minutes II, March 10.
'I'm simply not going to start with the state legislative news. It's moved beyond overwhelming into a transcendent realm beyond the mental grasp of this simple news writer. Roughly half of the states in the U.S. are on my [stories] list this week, and all you need to know is that most of them are up to no good. I could spend the entire column describing the status of various mean anti-marriage statues and amendments, along with the 'postcards to Congress' in the form of resolutions in favor of the Fuck Me Amendment (FMA). But I won't. We have more interesting tidbits on our news plate, including word from the Houston Chronicle that a scary man was seen in the suburbs, knocking on doors and silently waving a Barbie Doll in the faces of frightened housewives.' — Syndicated newswriter Ann Rostow, San Francisco Bay Times, Feb. 26.
'We can't walk through an airport without someone wanting us to tszuj them.' — Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Thom Filicia to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 8.
'As a show, it has all sorts of flaws. But what's so exciting about it, for me, is that we got viewers to start getting to know real gay people on television, and actually responding positively.' — Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Ted Allen to the Florida gay publication Contax Guide, Feb. 19.
'I ain't into faggots. I don't like gay people around me, because I'm not comfortable with what their thoughts are. I'm not prejudiced. I just don't go with gay people and kick it— we don't have that much in common. I'd rather hang out with a straight dude. But women who like women, that's cool.' — Rapper 50 Cent to Playboy magazine, April issue.
'When people talk about how the stereotypes aren't on [Showtime's The L Word], those stereotypes are, like, from 30 years ago! We're not actually doing them anymore. If they start getting into totally sexually ambiguous girly boys or tranny gals, then you're getting the contemporary view.' — Lesbian comedian Kate Clinton to the Windy City Times, Feb. 25.
