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“Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive role models. We were never supposed to write negative things abo...”
“I go to church too, y'all. And I've heard it, too. And I want to say to all of our faith leaders out there that I understand that probably in my Baptist church in Maryland, it is not likely that th...”
“I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.”
“I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.”
“If bigots oppose gay marriage so vehemently, it must be because marriage is a defining institution for them; gays will never be fully accepted until they can marry and adopt, like anyone else.”
“Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.”
“I don't really care how or why Obama got to the right place on gay marriage. I'm just glad he got there.”
“The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud ha...”
“To me, marriage is really important and what we build families on. That's why gay marriage is really important.”
“Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same ...”
“I don't understand what the big deal is with gay marriage. Get over it, people.”
“I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.”
“Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way woul...”
“In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.”
“I have put gay dating on the map.”
“People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.”
“Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.”
“I think God is a callous bitch not making me a lesbian. I'm deeply disappointed by my sexual interest in men.”
“It had been a nice night, but not one they’d repeat. Like, ever.Why was he dialing his phone?A few rings later, a familiar voice picked up on the other end. “Whitman.”Dammit, my subconscious really...”
“When there was a choice between love of a woman and hate of a man, her mind could cherish only one emotion, for her love might be a subject for laughter, but no one ever had ever mocked her hatred.”
