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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 06-Sep-2007 in issue 1028

“What’s up with elected officials like Sen. Craig? They stand for so-called ‘family values’ and fight basic protections for gay people while furtively seeking other men for sex. Infuriating pathetic hypocrites. What more can you say? ... And by the way, why are Minneapolis tax dollars being used to have plainclothes police officers lurking idly in airport restroom stalls?”

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman in response to the Aug. 27 news of the arrest of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, in a cruisy men’s room.

“The federal government is proposing regulations that would effectively kill adult social-networking sites [such as Gay.com, BigMuscleBears, Manhunt, etc.]. This is being done under the guise of fighting child pornography. You have until Sept. 10 to object to these regulations. ... Obviously, none of this has anything to do with child pornography. Instead, it is a blatant attempt to end the ability of consenting adults to use adult social-networking sites to meet other people for sex. Obviously, if these regulations go into effect, they will kill this industry.”

From an Aug. 28 action alert from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

“[S]tanding up in front of my family and my spouse’s and saying the vows out loud has me in a state of butterflies. I can go on TV and barely break a sweat, but I’m terrified of performing in front of my own family. I’m scared I’ll lose it. I bawled through the last same-sex wedding I went to. You fight for something, never expecting it to happen, let alone to you, and then it does, and it can overwhelm.”

Gay author Andrew Sullivan writing on his blog Aug. 16 about his upcoming wedding in Provincetown. Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts.

“I was fixated on architecture and interiors, which of course had everybody worried. I had a really butch father – so butch I thought maybe he was a closet case. He was an FBI agent and a sports lover, and the only sport I could even participate in was swimming, because it was nice and clean and you didn’t sweat.”

Gay fashion maven and TV personality Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”) to Out magazine, September issue.

“I will not let political correctness hide the truth. Many responsible homosexuals agree with me, that Homosexual activity in public bathrooms is wrong, and that our public library should not house pornography.”

An excerpt from e-mail sent by Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle. Naugle has been responding to folks who wrote him after he urged the city to buy a $250,000 robotic toilet for what he called “the rainbow parking lot” at the gay beach. Naugle believes the high-tech, self-cleaning, music-playing toilet won’t allow people to stay inside long enough to have sex. The Sun-Sentinel newspaper published portions of Naugle’s e-mails on Aug. 25 after obtaining them under the Florida public records law.

“I’m just like everyone else. If you do something stupid you have to pay the price. I’ve been doing some gardening and really enjoyed it. I’ll do whatever they want me to do. I don’t want any special treatment.”

Gay pop singer George Michael to London’s Daily Express on Aug. 13 as he began his 100 hours of community service for driving while under the influence of drugs. He did some gardening at a hostel for the homeless. Michael also had his driver’s license suspended for two years.