" ( T ) he gay grassroots surge in the wake of 2008's passage of California's Proposition 8 ... has upset the established order of a state-by-state, hearts-and-minds approach that many experienced gay activists swear by, and see dissolving in a new rush to litigate." Newsweek, Feb. 17.
"From the Pope on down, through the Vatican and therefore through the lower echelons, the whole organisation, in my belief, is utterly anti-Christian and evil, as proven by centuries of torture, bloodshed, burnings, terrorism, and coverings-up of 'the worst crime' known to man. And if Jesus Christ is to be seen in the vulnerable of this world, then all the church has done is crucify the man over and over and over again. If Christ was here, he would be burning down the Vatican. And I for one would be helping him." Singer Sinead O'Connor in a March 4 letter to the Irish Independent.
"The power of truth and living honestly is very liberating. So, what the hell took me so long? I was waiting, like so many folks are waiting, for changefor attitudes to change, for laws to changeand I realized that the time for waiting ( to come out ) has passed." Former American Idol star Clay Aiken at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in North Carolina, Feb. 27.
"We have a great deal more work to do to ensure that LGBT individuals and families have the same rights, benefits, same freedoms that all straight Americans have. And I know that my son's world will be a better one because no one, no matter how hard they try, can stop our progress." Former American Idol star Clay Aiken at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in North Carolina, Feb. 27.
"I've lived with the same man for 23 years, and much of the film ( A Single Man ) is taken from my own life. I will have someone still say to me 'your lifestyle.' And I say: 'My lifestyle? What is that?' I live with somebody I love. We make dinner at home together. We lie around and read books and watch television and walk our dogs and go on vacation and argue occasionallythat's a lifestyle? ... That's what I wanted to depictjust a very straightforward love story." Director Tom Ford to the Pittsburgh gay newspaper Out, February issue.
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