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Published Thursday, 09-Apr-2009 in issue 1111
“I wouldn’t want it (same-sex marriage) to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has got too many votes on this current court.”
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., to 365Gay.com, March 24.
“Two of the biggest issues in politics today are that the gays want to get married and also crave to openly be prancing around the military. It’s cuckoo times two! While I fully understand the importance of these advances – and I’ll fight for them to my gay death – I couldn’t imagine two more horrible things for me, personally. I HATE the idea of getting married (It’s an admission of utter defeat) and besides, I always thought one of the good things about being gay is that your parents can never ask, ‘Why aren’t you married already?’ I also detest the idea of going abroad and killing people! It’s extremely unsavory and lately it’s not even done for any kind of good cause!”
Village Voice columnist Michael Musto on his blog, March 26.
“When all is said and done, we believe the only lasting question about today’s events will be why it took us so long. It is a tough question to answer because treating everyone fairly is really a matter of Iowa common sense and Iowa common decency. Today, the Iowa Supreme Court has reaffirmed those Iowa values by ruling that gay and lesbian Iowans have all the same rights and responsibilities of citizenship as any other Iowan.”
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal and Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy affirming April 3 that they will fight any efforts by legislators to amend the state constitution to override the state Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. Any proposed amendment would have to pass two different sessions of the Legislature, then go to the voters in 2012, at the earliest. The weddings begin April 24.
“I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill O’Reilly. … If McCain had asked me to campaign for him, I would have.”
Mary Tyler Moore to Parade magazine, March 22.
“We’re going to lose. I think it was very clear from the oral arguments that the court intends to uphold Prop. 8. I’ve never seen a court so unequivocally telegraph their thinking.”
Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, at the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce’s 4th Anniversary Dinner & Business Excellence Awards on March 25, as reported by the Dallas Voice.
“I’ve got a few (questions) for those who supported Proposition 8. ... My question is a very profound one. What the fuck is it to you? ... Why are people in this state, when we have so many things on our plate – we have a fiscal disaster going on – why is anyone even wasting their time with this issue? Why does anyone even care if gay people get married? ... You would never in a million years go up to a person of color and say: ‘Well, you know, I hear black people want to get married now. I mean, it’s fine if they live together.’ You would cringe, would you not? ‘I hear the Mexicans want to vote! There goes the neighborhood!’ Right? It would sound absolutely silly. And yet, across the state, people are having dinner conversations saying, ‘Well, do gay people really have the right to get married?’ Yes! A domestic union, domestic partnership is not the same.”
Comedienne Kathy Griffin speaking at an anti-Prop. 8 rally in Sacramento, March 30.
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