“A gay couple came to see me, seeking my support and blessing. I had to explain our teachings. Another lady introduced another woman as her wife – astonishing. It is the same with a husband and wife using certain sexual practices. Using the other two holes is wrong. … A Western friend asked me what harm could there be between consenting adults having oral sex, if they enjoyed it. But the purpose of sex is reproduction, according to Buddhism. The other holes don’t create life. I don’t mind – but I can’t condone this way of life.”

“I was most intrigued in the debate by the absurd ideology advocated by the Christian Democrats and [President Vaclav] Klaus, who argue that family should have advantages since, unlike homosexual couples, it brings children to life. This is the concept of family as a sort of calf shed in which bulls can inseminate cows so that calves are born.”

“To the religious right in the U.S., Canada is a land where queers run free, able to fuck, marry or adopt anyone they want, protected from the least whiff of homophobia by a draconian legal and political system. And if this isn’t stopped quickly, they believe, the Canada effect will soon turn America into a Sodom to our Gomorrah.”

“I consider Truman Capote to be the evil godmother to every bitchy, simpering, mincing pansy on television currently embarrassing all self-respecting gay men by squealing on-camera and prostrating themselves before the gods of Hollywood, hair products and Home Depot. If he wasn’t dead already, he’d have to be taken out and shot for what he started.”