Rants & raves."He's going to turn more straight guys gay than you can imagine." --John Travolta, on his Be Cool costar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (right), who plays a gay role in the film, on Access Hollywood, February 22 "The U.S. Army announced that soldiers will be getting new uniforms [that] feature easy-to-open Velcro. Apparently they're relaxing that whole 'don't ask, don't tell' thing." --Conan O'Brien, on Late Night With Conan O'Brien Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning American late night talk show that is syndicated worldwide. The show, hosted by Conan O'Brien, features varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and stand-up comedy performances. , February 8 "Most people don't know the difference between a 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. and a transvestite trans·ves·tite n. One who practices transvestism. transvestite Sexology A person with a compulsion to dress as a member of the other sex, which may be essential to maintaining an erection and achieving orgasm. See Transsexual. . And that's very sad, because I could tell you the difference between the American and the National League of baseball, even though it doesn't interest me." --RuPaul, as quoted by columnist Lloyd Grove in the New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. , February 17 "It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if [same-sex marriage] is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil." --Pope John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. , in his new book Memory and Identity, as quoted by Reuters, February 22 "I think it is bad for Republicans to be kicking gays." --George W, Bush, as heard in audiotapes secretly recorded by friend Doug Wead when Bush was governor of Texas and reported in The New York Times, February 20 |
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