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Rants & raves.


"It's weird that they would pick up on an innocent kiss between two girls like there's something dirty about it."

--Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, on press coverage of a kiss between Gilmore characters Rory (Alexis Bledel, near left) and Paris (Liza Weil), as quoted on TV Guide Online, April 13

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"People always say we can't have gay marriage because marriage is a sacred institution. No, it's not! Not in America! Not with Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire Marry A Millionaire is a South Korean teledrama produced and broadcasted by SBS from late 2005 – early 2006. It is also entitled “To Marry A Millionaire” or “Millionaire is My Lover.  and The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Midget!"

--Chris Reck, in his HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber.

Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy
 special Never Scared, which debuted April 17

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"I guess I could use this opportunity to share my political views on same-sex marriage and that proposed constitutional amendment, but it would probably be wrong to use this as a platform to say that I believe we have an idiot in the White House who must be stopped!"

--Out writer Del Shores (Sordid Lives), upon accepting a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards were established in 1969. The awards recognize excellence in theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area. External link
  • The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards Official site
 for his play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, April 4

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"She's happy as long as I don't go to jail Don't Go to Jail is a Parker Brothers dice game for two or more players inspired by Monopoly. The game is played by rolling ten dice and attempting to roll matches to score points.  or get kidnapped."

--Deryk Schlessinger, son of the famously antigay radio talk-show host Laura Schlessinger, on what his mother thinks of his opening a hookah bar in Hillsdale, Mich. as quoted by the Hillsdale Collegian, April 1

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"I would consider withholding the endorsement of the president unless he changes his mind [about the 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. ]. Otherwise, you become a laughingstock. You have to have principles."

--Former California congressman Michael Huffington, on whether Log Cabin Republicans The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is a federated gay and lesbian political organization in the United States with state chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C. The group consists of gays and lesbians who are supporters of the Republican Party. , a gay group, should endorse President Bush's reelection, speaking at the LCR national convention in Palm Springs, Calif., April 17

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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:May 25, 2004
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