“One woman’s grope is another woman’s caress.... He [Arnold Schwarzenegger] said to me in that wonderful Yugoslavian accent of his, he saw there was a bit of lint on my bodice and he lightly brushed it off — one bodice and then off the other bodice. And then he was interested in my snugly fitting Donna Karan jeans, so he just slid his hand down there and had a look at the label. That’s all.”

“Simply put, there is no evidence to support a ban on gays in the military. If you can serve as a police officer, an FBI agent, or a Member of Congress, there is no reason why you cannot serve as a soldier, sailor, airman or marine.”

“Now my mom is like Mrs. PFLAG. She’s got Web sites on the Internet and she’s known because of The Amazing Race for being this big supporter of gay rights. She’s completely done a one-eighty and has become a role model for so many parents.”

“The majority of social conservatives oppose gay marriage; they oppose gay citizens serving their country in the military; they oppose gay citizens raising children; they oppose protecting gay citizens from workplace discrimination; they oppose including gays in hate-crime legislation, while including every other victimized group; they oppose civil unions; they oppose domestic partnerships; they oppose ... well, they oppose, for the most part, every single practical measure that brings gay citizens into the mainstream of American life. This is simply bizarre. Can you think of any other legal, noncriminal minority in society toward which social conservatives have nothing but a negative social policy?”