Rants & raves."Charlize, you're lucky I'm straight. If I was going to go the other way, [you] would be the one who could tempt me." --Vivica A. Fox, on Charlize Theron (inset), as quoted in the May 10 issue of People magazine "I don't consider myself heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual--just sexual." --Actor Kevin Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" , as quoted by his brother, Randall Fowler, in The [London] Mail on Sunday, April 25 "I wouldn't expose my kids to murderers or drug addicts. Why would I expose them to homosexual behavior?" --Nebraska mom Shelly Rodehorst, who declined to allow her son, a high school senior, to join a school band trip to Wall Disney World in Orlando, Fla., because the trip coincides with unofficial "Gay Days," as quoted by the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , April 20 "I got married by a man in a bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly vest ... so that no child will ever have to go through that on their wedding day." --Joe Varnell (near left), whose marriage to Kevin Bourassa in Toronto in 2001 led to Ontario's legalization LEGALIZATION. The act of making lawful. 2. By legalization, is also understood the act by which a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be lawfully read in evidence. Vide Authentication. of same-sex weddings, speaking at the 1138 Project rally as part of Equality Forum in Philadelphia, May 2 "The network was concerned people thought Oscar and Felix were gay [on the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple].... The irony, of course, is that today you can't have a hit show without a gay character." --Odd Couple star Jack Klugman (above, left), as quoted by Fox News, April 20 "I've been searching in vain for some indication of what might happen to my marriage--or to the marriage of anyone in this room--if loving couples, including couples with children, are permitted to enjoy the blessings of matrimony MATRIMONY. See Marriage. ." --U.S. representative Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), in his opening statement at a congressional hearing on the antigay Federal Marriage Amendment The Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) (also known as the Marriage Protection Amendment) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would define marriage in the United States as a union of one man and one woman. , April 22 |
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