Rants & raves."We here in 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 are too close to the terrorism and the homosexuals. Only people from the red states have enough distance to see things in their perspective. So on behalf of the blue states, we would like to thank the red states for saving us from ourselves." --Steven Colbert of Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, November 3 "Mary is, I'm sure, a fine young woman with many wonderful qualities, and that is how she could be recognized. To label anyone solely by their sexuality is demeaning de·mean 1 tr.v. de·meaned, de·mean·ing, de·means To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner: demeaned themselves well in class. and inappropriate." --Regina Griggs, executive director of the "ex-gay" support group PFOX PFOX Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays , in an open letter to Dick and Lynne Cheney, as posted on the Concerned Women for America Concerned Women for America is a conservative Christian political action group active in the United States. The group was founded in 1979 by Beverly LaHaye, wife of Christian Coalition co-founder Timothy LaHaye, as a response to activities by the National Organization for Women and Web site, October 25 "I strongly believe that marriage ought to be defined as between a union between a man and a woman. Now, having said that, states ought to be able to have the right to pass laws that enable people to be able to have rights like others." --President George W. Bush, flip-flopping on whether he'd ban civil unions (as proposed in one version of the U.S. constitutional amendment he supports), in an interview portion aired October 26 on ABC'S Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as "It doesn't feel true or authentic--it feels like drag. The only women you are likely to meet nowadays who look or act like this are men." --Lesbian novelist Jeanette Winterson, on one reason she loves the 1939 film The Women, writing in The [London] Guardian, October 29 "Why does someone feel they have to hide [their sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. ] their whole life? ... The root of that is all from the Bible, from religion. If we didn't have religion, there wouldn't be this massive problem with gay people." --Bill Maher, talking about ex--New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey, as quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times, October 24 |
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