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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 01-Oct-2009 in issue 1136

“We also must condemn violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In country after country after country, young men and women are persecuted, are singled out, even murdered in cold blood, because of who they love or just based on claims that they are gay. We are starting to track violence against the LGBT community, because where it happens anywhere in the world, the United States must speak out against it and work for its end. Through our annual human rights report, we are documenting human rights abuses against LGBT communities worldwide. And we are seeking out partners at the United Nations such as Brazil, France, Sweden and the Netherlands to help us address these human rights abuses.”

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking Sept. 11 at the Roosevelt Institute’s Four Freedoms Medals Gala Dinner in New York City.

“We knew (from the Prop 8 battle in California) what the opposition was going to say (in the current battle in Maine). ... Shouldn’t we have had an ad on the air already addressing these specific concerns before the Yes on 1 opened their lying mouths? ... We need to kill their arguments before they even voice them. We need to tell Mainers: ‘You’re going to hear that marriage is going to be taught in schools, but you have the power to decide that yourself in your districts. You’re going to hear that your church is going to be sued, but you already have protections in place by law. The other side is going to try and confuse this issue, to state things that are not in the law. They want to mislead you. They will lie to you. This is not about curriculum, not about religion. What this is about is civil marriage for all. It’s about protecting families. It’s about being fair.’ But that’s just a start. It’s got to hit harder. Expose the lies as lies.”

Blogger Phillip Minton (unitethefight.org), Sept. 17. A new poll shows gays losing marriage in Maine 48 percent to 46 percent.

“At the beginning, when I came out to my mom, she reacted with a sigh and said, ‘You’re my son and I have to love you.’ But now she says, ‘You’re the best son in the world, and we need to find you a man.’”

Blogger Perez Hilton to CNN, Sept. 9.

“Think of all the money I’ll save from not having to text-in my vote.”

Ellen DeGeneres Sept. 10 on being selected to replace Paula Abdul as a judge on American Idol.

“It is, I have to say, quite disgusting that in America and in other countries you cannot have a civil union or something equivalent to marriage. I have someone I’ve lived together with for 23 years. Recently he was in the hospital for something. I had to carry papers on me at all times that he had signed saying that I could visit him in his room and make medical decisions for him if anything happened. ... If I died tomorrow my estate would be completely taxed and then the remainder go to him whereas if we were a couple his life wouldn’t have to change and my entire estate would move to him.”

Designer Tom Ford at a press conference for his film A Single Man, Sept. 11 in Venice, Italy.