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Published Thursday, 07-Aug-2003 in issue 815
“The White House finally found a weapon of mass destruction — lesbian and gay couples seeking to care for their kids and loved ones by getting married.”
— Evan Wolfson, executive director of the gay group Freedom To Marry, on George W. Bush’s stepped-up opposition to same-sex marriage, in July 31 comments to this column.
“Incredibly, Mr. Bush is trying to persuade the country that instead of persistent high unemployment, one trillion dollars in new federal debt over the next two years, continued American deaths in Iraq, unhindered progress towards a North Korean nuclear capacity and a bogging down on his agenda in Congress, Americans should be seriously worried about the prospect that two men who love each other might be allowed to become legally and financially responsible for each other.”
— Gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) July 31, following George W. Bush’s press conference in which he denounced gay marriage.
“When gay marriage comes, it should have the same expectations of monogamy as straight marriage and adultery should be regarded with the same degree of social stigma. If couples don’t want those rules they can stay unmarried or remain domestic partners or the like.”
— Blogger and journalist Andrew Sullivan at AndrewSullivan.com, July 22.
“‘Will & Grace’ is like an oppression document. Someday we’ll look back on it the way people look at Amos ‘n’ Andy.”
— Writer and critic Sarah Schulman to the San Diego Union-Tribune, July 25.
“We write op-ed pieces, we write editorials, but nobody bites on them anymore because it’s old news. The whole idea of a gay character being on TV and the Christian community being upset about it, that’s tired.”
— Mike Haley, head of the gender-issues department at the anti-gay organization Focus on the Family, to the San Diego Union-Tribune, July 25.
“After the big ‘C’ya!’ to sodomy laws, courtesy of Justice Kennedy and the Supremes, gay marriage is charging down from Canada like the Horseman of the Apocalypse (say the screechy conservatives), potty-mouthed Michael Savage got his gay-bashing butt kicked off TV, and the queer ‘Fab Five’ made their over-the-top debut. There ain’t no doubt about it: Hallelujah, it’s raining queers.”
— Patrick Letellier writing in the Santa Cruz, California, newspaper The Good Times, July 24.
“There are some stylish straights. And there are down-to-earth gays, slobby gays, punk gays, hip-hop homos and more. (But they’re not as good as spokesmen for consumerism, so you’ll rarely see them on TV.)”
— Brian Shott writing about Bravo’s “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” in the San Francisco Chronicle, July 24.
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