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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 13-Jan-2005 in issue 890

“I’m sick to death of Jesus. I feel that Jesus and Paris Hilton are both overexposed. I’ve seen enough of both of them. And I think I’m getting more atheist because of the way the country is getting more into Bible-thumping.”

Actress Kathy Griffin (“Suddenly Susan”) to Sacramento’s gay Outword Magazine, Dec. 23.

“Coors Brewing gave almost every penny of their [2003] donations to Republicans in a concerted effort to, presumably, stop them icky Colorado gays from getting married and keep women in their place, all while furthering the cause of skanky undrinkable pisswater beer made for red-blooded Americans who lack taste buds and hope.”

SFGate.com columnist Mark Morford, Dec. 22.

“I am fine, really. ... I have had time to think, time to write, time to exercise, time to not eat the bad food, and time to walk and contemplate the future. I’ve had my work here too. Cleaning has been my job – washing, scrubbing, sweeping, vacuuming, raking leaves, and much more. But like everyone else here, I would rather be doing all of this in my own home, and not here – away from family and friends.”

Martha Stewart writing from prison on her website, Dec. 22.

“The DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] is the sole country on the earth that has no AIDS-related patient so far. ... As a medical worker I feel sure that there will not occur a case in the DPRK in the future, either. The DPRK ... encourages the population to have a noble viewpoint towards love, marriage and family, and observe a sound lifestyle. The country has neither licensed and private prostitutes nor homosexuals and drug addicts.”

Han Kyong Ho, director of the North Korean Ministry of Health’s Central Hygienic and Anti-Epizootic Center, to the Pyongyang Times, in December.

“The notion that the president of United States, this president, could be saying that, well, maybe civil unions are not so bad, and that’s a mainstream point of view, is a miracle. Twelve months ago, we were still debating domestic partnerships. Howard Dean was considered an extremist for supporting civil unions. Now everyone is rushing to endorse them.”

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to Gay.com, Dec. 24.

“I do believe that – regardless of how nice people are about the gay television characters – now that this ‘moral belief’ is out there that people can control your life, they’re going to make decisions about where you can teach, where you can live, how you can live. Does it open you up for folks coming up to your door and saying, ‘I know I’m not going to get in trouble for beating the fuck out of you, so here I go’?”

Whoopi Goldberg to The Advocate, Jan. 18 issue.