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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 29-Mar-2007 in issue 1005

“It definitely is the gayest show on TV: We have a kid who’s into musical theater; Marc, who is totally gay; and Daniel’s brother who is a transsexual.”

Ugly Betty actor Michael Urie, who plays Wilhelmina Slater’s assistant, Marc, to the Dallas Voice, Feb. 23.

“C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean.”

Ann Coulter in a March 3 e-mail to The New York Times.

“That term sex addict really makes me laugh. Did I have abundant sex, oh yes … my God yes, undeniably so. But being gay allows us to experience an abundance of sexuality. … I find that we should celebrate that difference in our lives from that of heterosexuals, I think we are different people – that’s a very good thing. I don’t like what I call heterosexual imitation, because our lives are very, very rich and I don’t want to see that gone. As far as sexual addiction, I would just call it bountiful sex.”

Author John Rechy to the Palm Springs gay magazine The Bottom Line, Feb. 16.

“Abortion must be banned immediately. Homosexual propaganda must also be limited so children will have the correct view of the family. … The propaganda of homosexuality is reaching ever younger children. In some countries it is even forbidden for children in hospital to talk or read about Mommy and Daddy, because this allegedly violates minority rights. Let’s free ourselves of this unwise political correctness. If we will not use all our power to strengthen the family, then as a continent there is no future for us. We will be a continent settled by representatives of the Islamic world who care for the family.”

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Roman Giertych, March 2.

“[It’s] a corporation designed to milk the gay market for money to hire more fundraisers and marketers to milk more gay pockets. It’s a racket with a plush new multi-million dollar headquarters and salaries that would make corporate America blush. Have they actually done anything for gay rights? After a couple of decades observing them, my own view is: nada. … They get tens of millions of dollars a year from well-intentioned gay men and lesbians. They’ve been doing it for years. And what have we got? Nothing. Wake up, guys. Give your money to people who actually fight for gay equality.”

Writer Andrew Sullivan on the Human Rights Campaign, on his blog, March 7.

“This is the only naked man that will ever be in my bedroom.”

Singer Melissa Etheridge holding her trophy backstage at the Oscars Feb. 25. She won the best-original-song statuette for “I Need to Wake Up” from Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.