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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 18-Jun-2009 in issue 1121

“You know, I think it’s hilarious right now that the world is turning to beauty queens for the answers for this. I think it’s an important issue and I think that it’s one that I don’t think I can win a battle. I don’t want to be any more divisive than it’s already become. ... I don’t think that I have the right or anybody has a right to tell somebody who they can or can’t love. And I think this is a civil rights issue. And I think the right thing to do is let the voters decide.”

Tami Farrell, the new Miss California USA, to Fox News on June 11. After prodding by Fox’s Neil Cavuto, Farrell very reluctantly acknowledged that she, too, believes marriage is between a man and a woman. Anti-gay-marriage activist Carrie Prejean was fired as Miss California USA on June 10, allegedly for violating her contract, not for her anti-gay-marriage activism.

“I was not in favor of his (Obama’s) coming out for same-sex marriage when he first got elected. But I would hope he would be by the time he runs for re-election.”

Gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., to GQ, June 12.

“The general view, which I shared, was that no one who wanted to get elected president (in 2008) could have been a supporter of same-sex marriage. On the other hand, things have moved very far since then, and I’m more optimistic about 2012.”

Gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., to GQ, June 12.

“I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I’m gay. I’ve been living in Los Angeles for eight years as a gay man. I’ve been at clubs drunk making out with somebody in the corner. ... Right after the finale, I almost started talking about it to the reporters, but I thought, ‘I’m going to wait for Rolling Stone, that will be cooler.’ ... I didn’t want the Clay Aiken thing and the celebrity-magazine bullshit. I need to be able to explain myself in context. ... I’m proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It’s just another part of me. ... I’m trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.”

American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert to Rolling Stone, June 9.

“The gays aren’t going to break marriage. Think about it: They’re gay. They’ll probably spruce it up and make it a little nicer.”

Eric McCormack, Will from “Will & Grace,” speaking from the stage at Meet in the Middle for Equality, May 30 in Fresno, Calif.

“I tried to come out as a gay man, I tried to come out as a lesbian. I was even a trannie for a while. But no group wants me. My parade is one person!”

Joan Rivers to The Village Voice, June 2.

“When Proposition 8 passed, I felt the gay community thought because it was California, a liberal state, they didn’t need to pay attention and so they didn’t do enough work to fight for it. I think like all minorities who have had to struggle to get their rights politically we should have been more organized. I think it forced everybody to come to their senses about that. Over the next couple of years I think gay marriage will just be accepted; we’ve got too many other things to think about. I think that some people who are really freaked out about it will just throw in the towel like they did when they were racist.”

Comedienne and actress Sandra Bernhard to London’s Pink Paper, May 28.