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Rants & raves.


"It's a very, very shocking issue to some Darts of the American people An American people may be:
  • any nation or ethnic group of the Americas
  • see Demographics of North America
  • see Demographics of South America
."

--First Lady Laura Bush's take on same-sex marriage, as quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the , February 18

"I feel sorry for all the single women [in San Francisco]. I mean, it used to be ... all the good men were either married or gay. Now they're married and gay."

--Jay Leno, in his Tonight Show monologue, February 17

"Marriage has been undermined by divorce, so don't tell me about marriage. Don't blame the gay and lesbian, transgender transgender or transgendered
adj.
Transsexual.
 and transsexual trans·sex·u·al
n.
A person who strongly identifies with the opposite gender and who chooses to live as a member of the opposite gender or to become one by surgery.

adj.
1. Of or relating to such a person.

2.
 community."

--Chicago mayor Richard Daley, coming out in support of same-sex marriage, February 19

"America now has 35 million people living in poverty, many of them working poor. And Christian conservatives are up in arms about gay marriage? Maybe they should take another look at the Bible."

--Political commentator Arianna Huffington, in a February 18 column on Salon.com
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Title Annotation:Special Marriage Edition
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Mar 30, 2004
Words:150
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