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Second opinions.


"No, not necessarily. This description is a lie, I will stand on that."

--Second lady Lynne Cheney, disputing that there were lesbian characters in her 1981 novel Sisters, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer Wolf Blitzer (born March 22, 1948 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist and author. He has been a CNN reporter since 1990. Blitzer is currently the host of the newscast The Situation Room and the Sunday talk show Late Edition.  on The Situation Room, October 27

"Society must take a stand and stop the deliberate misinformation mis·in·form  
tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms
To provide with incorrect information.



mis
 that people are 'born gay' and can't overcome unwanted same-sex attractions. Failure to get involved will produce more victims like Mr. Foley who then become abusers themselves."

--Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) is a non-profit organization providing outreach, education, and public awareness in support of the ex-gay community. [1] PFOX maintains that homosexuality is a choice, not a product of biological determination. , in a press release dated October 23

"It is a source of puzzlement puz·zle·ment  
n.
The state of being confused or baffled; perplexity.

Noun 1. puzzlement - confusion resulting from failure to understand
bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation
 to [my partner] Johan and me, as we go about our tranquil TRANQUIL - 1966. ALGOL-like language with sets and other extensions, for the Illiac IV. "TRANQUIL: A Language for an Array Processing Computer", N.E. Abel et al, Proc SJCC 34 (1969).  lives, that there are many fellow citizens, some of them well-educated and very important, who seem to be threatened and upset by such [gay] relationships and who feel the need to discriminate against them by laws enacted or unenacted by our nation's parliaments."

--Out Australian high court judge Michael Kirby Michael Kirby refers to:
  • Michael Kirby (judge), Australian judge
  • Michael J. L. Kirby, Canadian politican
  • Michael Kirby (artist)
  • Michael Kirby (figure skater)
, in a speech to the National Family Law Conference in Perth, October 23

"When I asked [John] Spencer if he would paint [Hillary] Clinton with the L word liberal--he replied ... 'As long as I don't call her a lesbian, I'm OK.'"

--Phil Reisman, a columnist for The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y., writing about his mid-October interview with the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, October 24
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Dec 5, 2006
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