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Published Thursday, 16-Jun-2005 in issue 912
“Texans have made a decision about marriage, and if there is some other state that has a more lenient view than Texas, then maybe that’s a better place for them [gays] to live.”
Texas Gov. Rick Perry as he signed a resolution to amend the Texas Constitution to ban same-sex marriages, at a church school gymnasium, June 5. Voters are expected to approve the amendment in November.
“My vagina? … It’s an endless source of pleasure, especially the older I get. It’s true what they say!”
“Queer As Folk” actress Michelle Clunie (Melanie) to Curve magazine, June issue.
“Anne [Heche] broke my heart into a million pieces. I’ve never spoken to her since she left. When Anne left, I’d wake up in the morning and my eyes would just immediately fill up with tears.”
Ellen DeGeneres to Allure magazine, June issue.
“The one thing almost all religions agree upon is that homosexuals are bad. Most religions … are absolutely filled to bursting with homosexuals, and that’s what’s most tragic of all, is that most homophobia comes from people that won’t accept their own homosexuality. So when they’re attacking us, they’re attacking themselves.”
“Kids in the Hall” actor Scott Thompson to the Canadian Press wire service, May 27.
“You know you’re in trouble when your spokesman has to deny you masturbated in City Hall.”
John Aravosis writing about the ongoing scandal surrounding Spokane, Wash., Mayor James West, at RadarMagazine.com, May 23.
“[O]bviously, from our point of view, a democratic and tolerant society is exactly that. It is a society in which all people are included. It does not matter what race, what gender, it does not matter what sexual orientation – all that matters is that you are a citizen of that country. And indeed, we note that in countries that are democratic, in countries where there can be pressure on government, in countries where there can be checks and balances on government, then the rights … of the most vulnerable in society tend to be more protected. And so we are concentrating in places like China and in Egypt and in other places on human rights. Whenever we have discussions with these countries, we talk about human rights. And the United States issues something called a Human Rights Report every year that talks about the human rights conditions in each country and so – very much in line with the notion that every citizen needs to be represented and rights protected. We believe that this is the way to handle this situation.”
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club on May 27 when asked by a journalist, “[W]hat are you doing to ensure that countries like China and Egypt uphold the civil rights of … their gay citizens?”
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