Nuggets & bites."Many Americans, especially parents, still have deep concerns about the direction of our culture, and the health of our most basic institutions. They are concerned about unethical conduct Behavior that falls below or violates the professional standards in a particular field. In law, this can include Attorney Misconduct or ethics violations. The standards for conduct to be observed by attorneys can be found in the Code of Professional Responsibility; members of by public officials, and discouraged by activist courts that try to redefine marriage.... As we look at these challenges, we must never give in to the belief that America is in decline, or that our culture is doomed to unravel." --President George W. Bush, linking same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable to the looming doom of American culture, in his State of the Union speech, January 31 "The right-wing is busy building a lie that yesterday's funeral of Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted civil rights leader, author, singer, and founder and former president of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. was somehow disrespectful dis·re·spect·ful adj. Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous. dis  re·spect to this great woman and the legacy she left behind.... They're trying to make the left wing defensive about standing up for what's right. And they ought to be ashamed of themselves for even moving their forked tongues to speak such nonsense." --Out activist and writer Keith Boykin, writing on his Web site, Keithboykin.com, February 8 "Sean Hayes--who has for years played a ridiculous stereotype on the minstrel show that is Will & Grace--made a few Brokeback jokes in his acceptance [speech at the Screen Actors Guild awards The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by members. SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. ]. Just hilarious, Sean. Really. Good luck on your post--W&G career." --Liz Smith, from her syndicated column, January 31 "The real achievement of Brokeback Mountain is not that it tells a universal love story that happens to have gay characters in it, but that it tells a distinctively gay story that happens to be so well told that any feeling person can be moved by it. If you insist ... that the story of Jack and Ennis is OK to watch and sympathize with because they're not really homosexual-that they're more like the heart of America than like 'gay people'--you're pushing them back into the closet whose narrow and suffocating suf·fo·cate v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates v.tr. 1. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen. 2. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate. 3. confines Ang Lee and his collaborators have so beautifully and harrowingly exposed." --Daniel Mendelsohn, writing in the February 23 issue of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Review of Books, online at NYBooks.com |
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