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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 04-Jan-2007 in issue 993

“In the long-term, lesbian and gay identity is doomed. And a good thing too. Like every other expression of human culture, homosexual and heterosexual identities are historically transient. They haven’t always existed, and they won’t last forever. Indeed, the weakening, blurring and eventual dissolution of the labels queer and straight will be final proof of the demise of homophobia.”

British gay activist Peter Tatchell writing in The Guardian, Nov. 27.

“I think Mary is going to be a loving soul to her child. And I’m happy for her. … Mary Cheney is going to make a fine mom and she’s going to love this child a lot.”

President George W. Bush to People magazine, Dec. 15.

“She has not only injured her child, she has destroyed the work her father has done. She has acted in a way that denies everything that the Bush administration has worked for. She’s essentially saying: ‘In your face.’”

Concerned Women for America spokesperson Janice Crouse on Mary Cheney’s pregnancy, Dec. 6.

“Perhaps [Mary] Cheney’s high-profile pregnancy will help the Republican Party come to grips with [the gay] facts of life. If not, though, she’s going to have to explain to her child what mommy was doing trying to help a party that doesn’t believe in fairness for families like theirs.”

Columnist Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, Dec. 8.

“I try to stay away from churches who don’t accept gays. I mean, I can’t be a part of phony. It’s not God’s way. You embrace all people. I think that’s what God wants, for all of us to love all of us, no matter who we are, what we do or whatever. And it’s not a sin to be gay. So that’s all I got to say. I have my feelings and I speak my mind.”

Singer Patti LaBelle, currently on a gospel tour of megachurches, to the Michigan gay newspaper Between the Lines, Nov. 30.

“gettin a boner is good … you have a nice dick … so you like me … are you as hard as i an [sic] now … hard as a brick … i would drive a few miles for a hot stud like you … i always use lotion and the hand … i have aa [sic] totally stiff wood now … love to slip them off of you and gram [sic] the one eyed snake ... i just sprung wood … rather large too … are you bonered too … we will make oyu [sic] successful as long as you dont [sic] mind me grabbing your dick once in a while … i am sooo smitten with you … so oyu [sic] do have a boner now … wow what a sight wish i was under your desk … i would at least pul [sic] it out and say hello to the big boy and the [sic] give it some happiness … youd [sic] like me to blow you … and wuld [sic] you let me drink all of your cum”

From 100 pages of disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley’s online instant messages with teenage boys and young men, posted at www.house.gov/ethics/Page_PDFs/Exhibit%2013.pdf.

“I’d love to marry Portia [de Rossi]. I pray that Portia and I are together the rest of our lives, and I believe we will [be] – but I’d love to have a legalized commitment, obviously.”

Ellen DeGeneres to the British lesbian glossy Diva, January issue.

Assistance: Bill Kelley