“Gay men hate stupid girls that move slow, but hetero men like them to flirt. Also, gay men hate waiting in lines, and they do not like it when the item they go to the store for is not available; hetero men will say ‘OK’ and walk out.”

“I think the opponents of gay marriage really fall into two categories. A small group of people just don’t like gay people. If you don’t like one, you don’t like two. It’s geometric. The larger percentage are people who are generally supportive of equal rights, as they have been in Massachusetts, but hear these predictions that it’s going to be socially very chaotic, and they figure, why take the chance?”

“I can look back and cringe at a lot of the stuff.”

“The gay and lesbian community needs to focus less on Washington, D.C., Hollywood and Manhattan and more on the American heartland and the South. Like it or not, Michael Moore, Bruce Springsteen, and Rosie O’Donnell will never convince the Iowa farmer, the South Carolina veteran, or the West Virginia coal miner to be on our side. Much more important than increasing attendance at all our organizations’ expensive black-tie dinners is the work we should be doing hosting rural barbecues and town hall meetings for honest discussions with people who disagree with us.”