Pictured Barbra Streisand. Photo by Tracy Baim
'It's really ironic that he [ husband Terry ] should end up in a long-term relationship with a writer who writes about him, because he's just a really private person.' — Writer Dan Savage to Time.com, Oct. 10.
'Cronyism, corruption, incompetence, high crimes and misdemeanors with the Bush Administration, the list goes on and on. I can't help but feel like I am back in 1972, when Richard Nixon was embroiled in a complex web of political scandals. Today, there may be no Watergate Hotel, but as a result of this administration's overwhelming incompetence and arrogance our deficit has ballooned, we are entangled in an unwinnable war and hundreds of thousands of young men and women have been sent to be maimed and killed, all in the name of keeping America safer. After the President and the Federal Government's shameful response to Hurricane Katrina, the American public finally got a sobering view of how little the Bush Administration has accomplished to actually make America safer. ... How many more people must lose their lives before there are investigations and ultimately a well deserved, long over due impeachment of this president?' — Barbra Streisand on her Web site, Oct. 6.
'While the Democratic Party is committed to creating an environment that makes it easier for all LGBT Americans to come out, the Republican Party continues to target LGBT Americans for political gain. America deserves better than leadership that scapegoats minority groups and divides the electorate to win elections. ... [ T ] he Democratic Party is proud to stand with the LGBT community not just during National Coming Out Day, but every day.' — Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean in an Oct. 11 statement.
'The case for ending discrimination in marriage is twofold: Government should not be putting obstacles in the path of people seeking to care for one another, and gay people have the same mix of reasons for wanting the freedom to marry and needing the protections and responsibilities of marriage as non-gay people do. ... Allowing these families to be stronger is not going to take anything away from anybody else.' —Freedom To Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson to Mother Jones magazine, Oct. 10.