“Well, I think traditionally these have been issues that have been managed or regulated by the states, and that’s the way I think it ought to be. I think each state ought to have the capacity to decide how they want to handle those issues. Obviously we love our daughters, both of them, Liz and Mary, very much. I’m delighted I’m about to be a grandparent for the sixth time. I’m looking forward to the arrival of a new grandson. And I obviously think it’s important for us as a society to be tolerant and respectful of whatever arrangements people enter into.”

“These blogs where people say that a celebrity is gay actually took the sting out of saying a celebrity is gay. When I outed people (and I was one of the very few doing so), they called it a smear campaign. No one does that now.”

“I marched on Washington in a major gay and lesbian march. The Human Rights Campaign sponsored me, and when I got there I said, ‘I want to be in that first row and carry the banner,’ and they said, ‘I’m sorry, unless you’re gay or lesbian, we’re not going to let you carry it.

Comedian Kate Clinton reporting from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in New York City, in a March 28 column at The Huffington Post. GLAAD prohibits gay media from submitting entries for the awards, arguing that the organization’s mission is to improve the “mainstream” media.