A time comes when silence is betrayal."
- Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Well, I suppose this is as good a time as any for me to come out of the
closet. I can't help the way I was born. It's just who I am. I've never
announced this to a group publicly, but I guess it's about time. I am
heterosexual. I am absolutely certain in my entire being that I could never
be homosexual, no matter how hard I might try. I've never been attracted to
another man in my life, and the idea of engaging in a homosexual act is
foreign and distasteful to me. But just as I would hope that homosexual men
and women could accept me for who I am, I promise to try to accept them for
who they are. Why can't you do the same? Why can't we all do the same?
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
"Whence all this passion toward conformity anyway?--diversity is the word.
Let man keep his many parts and you'll have no tyrant states"
- Ellison, 1947, p. 577
They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting
to be happy together are invading their marriages. Helping a kid who's
getting beaten up in school is promoting homosexuality. If you gave me a
million dollars, I wouldn't know how to promote homosexuality. Do I hire Don
King? -
U.S. Representative Barney Frank, D-Mass., on anti-gay activists, to
the San Francisco Examiner, July 17, 1998
The use of the term 'practicing homosexual' is pejorative. That is almost as
bad as using the 'N' word to describe colored people. Christian groups have
insulted gays so often and for so many years with such negativity that my
only hope is that we don't issue an insulting statement about gays at this
conference. . .It is a justice issue that is just as compelling as being
opposed to apartheid in South Africa or to genocide In Rwanda.
- Newark, N.J., Episcopalian Bishop Jack Spong at the once-a-decade gathering of
Anglican Bishops in Canterbury, England, July 20, 1998
"When I was growing up in Utah, my perception of gay life was that gay men
were promiscuous, anti-family and that it was all about gay bars and
cruising. When I finally īcame outī to myself, I realized there was a whole
lot more to being gay than the stereotypes. I realized I didnīt have to
change any of the values or beliefs that I held about families,
relationships and commitments just because I was gay."
- Hero co-founder Sam Francis to the Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 3
"Basically, we don't want to sell soda like the other cola giants. The most
important person to us is the consumer, so chances are, [they're going to
say] something a helluva lot more interesting than anything a supermodel or
sports personality has to say."
-- Jonathan Cutler, spokesman for Virgin Cola, on the refusal of Boston TV
stations to air his company's ads featuring a gay couple exchanging "wedding
vows," August 17
Marriage licenses aren't distributed on a first-come, first-served basis
here in Iowa. Heterosexual couples don't have to rush out and claim marriage
licenses now, before they are all snatched up by gay and lesbian couples.
Heterosexual unions are and will continue to be predominant, regardless of
what gay and lesbian couples do. To suggest that homosexual couples in any
way, shape or form threaten to undermine the stability of heterosexual
unions is patently absurd.
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a
way to become president of the United States.
- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
"You would think that those who are always talking about family values would
want to create an environment of permanent relationships for people of the
same sex. But they're not advocating family values. They're advocating their
values... I still get this shit full-time... They just are haters, period."
- San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown on gay marriage
"...principal House sponsor [of the federal anti-gay-marriage law, 'The
Defense of Marriage Act'], Bob Barr of Georgia, his district office
confirms, has been married three times -- which raises the question of why
the act doesn't contain a three-strikes-and-you're-out provision."
- NYTimes Frank Rich on DOMA Sponsor Bob Barr
All that gay and lesbian people are asking for is, if not understanding,
then at least tolerance. All they are asking for is the same basic civil
equality that all Americans yearn for and should be entitled to.
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
The opportunity to be threatened, humiliated and to live in fear of being
beaten to death is the only 'special right' our culture bestows on
homosexuals.
- Diane Carman, Denver Post
"In late December, our [Vermont] state Supreme Court ruled that same-sex
couples are legally entitled to the same benefits and protections as married
heterosexuals. And despite the fact that Iīm a big, tough, out lesbian who
doesnīt need a court ruling to know that my relationship counts, even
despite the fact that I like living in sin-I felt really, well, validated.
Iīve often suspected that thereīs an aspect of sour grapes to my radical
politics. Like, if I canīt be in your club, fine. Itīs a stupid, smelly,
heteropatriarchal club anyway. This is a useful, self-affirming attitude up
to a point. But eventually, you start getting bitter and developing nervous
tics."
- Dykes To Watch Out For cartoonist Alison Bechdel to the Phoenix gay
publication Heatstroke, Dec. 30.
Demanding legalized gay marriage is a pragmatic decision! It is not about
"copying" them. It is about money and rights. Straights don't want us to
marry? Then give us all those 1,049 rights, and we'll make up our own form
of marriage. No 1,049 rights? Then we demand legalized same-sex marriage! -
Larry Kramer, Sex and Sensibility, The Advocate, May 27, 1997
[edit]
[3/22/2001 8:51:30 AM | simon cantlon]
"A time comes when silence is betrayal."
- Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Well, I suppose this is as good a time as any for me to come out of the
closet. I can't help the way I was born. It's just who I am. I've never
announced this to a group publicly, but I guess it's about time. I am
heterosexual. I am absolutely certain in my entire being that I could never
be homosexual, no matter how hard I might try. I've never been attracted to
another man in my life, and the idea of engaging in a homosexual act is
foreign and distasteful to me. But just as I would hope that homosexual men
and women could accept me for who I am, I promise to try to accept them for
who they are. Why can't you do the same? Why can't we all do the same?
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
"Whence all this passion toward conformity anyway?--diversity is the word.
Let man keep his many parts and you'll have no tyrant states"
- Ellison, 1947, p. 577
They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting
to be happy together are invading their marriages. Helping a kid who's
getting beaten up in school is promoting homosexuality. If you gave me a
million dollars, I wouldn't know how to promote homosexuality. Do I hire Don
King? -
U.S. Representative Barney Frank, D-Mass., on anti-gay activists, to
the San Francisco Examiner, July 17, 1998
The use of the term 'practicing homosexual' is pejorative. That is almost as
bad as using the 'N' word to describe colored people. Christian groups have
insulted gays so often and for so many years with such negativity that my
only hope is that we don't issue an insulting statement about gays at this
conference. . .It is a justice issue that is just as compelling as being
opposed to apartheid in South Africa or to genocide In Rwanda.
- Newark, N.J., Episcopalian Bishop Jack Spong at the once-a-decade gathering of
Anglican Bishops in Canterbury, England, July 20, 1998
"When I was growing up in Utah, my perception of gay life was that gay men
were promiscuous, anti-family and that it was all about gay bars and
cruising. When I finally īcame outī to myself, I realized there was a whole
lot more to being gay than the stereotypes. I realized I didnīt have to
change any of the values or beliefs that I held about families,
relationships and commitments just because I was gay."
- Hero co-founder Sam Francis to the Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 3
"Basically, we don't want to sell soda like the other cola giants. The most
important person to us is the consumer, so chances are, [they're going to
say] something a helluva lot more interesting than anything a supermodel or
sports personality has to say."
-- Jonathan Cutler, spokesman for Virgin Cola, on the refusal of Boston TV
stations to air his company's ads featuring a gay couple exchanging "wedding
vows," August 17
Marriage licenses aren't distributed on a first-come, first-served basis
here in Iowa. Heterosexual couples don't have to rush out and claim marriage
licenses now, before they are all snatched up by gay and lesbian couples.
Heterosexual unions are and will continue to be predominant, regardless of
what gay and lesbian couples do. To suggest that homosexual couples in any
way, shape or form threaten to undermine the stability of heterosexual
unions is patently absurd.
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a
way to become president of the United States.
- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
"You would think that those who are always talking about family values would
want to create an environment of permanent relationships for people of the
same sex. But they're not advocating family values. They're advocating their
values... I still get this shit full-time... They just are haters, period."
- San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown on gay marriage
"...principal House sponsor [of the federal anti-gay-marriage law, 'The
Defense of Marriage Act'], Bob Barr of Georgia, his district office
confirms, has been married three times -- which raises the question of why
the act doesn't contain a three-strikes-and-you're-out provision."
- NYTimes Frank Rich on DOMA Sponsor Bob Barr
All that gay and lesbian people are asking for is, if not understanding,
then at least tolerance. All they are asking for is the same basic civil
equality that all Americans yearn for and should be entitled to.
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
The opportunity to be threatened, humiliated and to live in fear of being
beaten to death is the only 'special right' our culture bestows on
homosexuals.
- Diane Carman, Denver Post
"In late December, our [Vermont] state Supreme Court ruled that same-sex
couples are legally entitled to the same benefits and protections as married
heterosexuals. And despite the fact that Iīm a big, tough, out lesbian who
doesnīt need a court ruling to know that my relationship counts, even
despite the fact that I like living in sin-I felt really, well, validated.
Iīve often suspected that thereīs an aspect of sour grapes to my radical
politics. Like, if I canīt be in your club, fine. Itīs a stupid, smelly,
heteropatriarchal club anyway. This is a useful, self-affirming attitude up
to a point. But eventually, you start getting bitter and developing nervous
tics."
- Dykes To Watch Out For cartoonist Alison Bechdel to the Phoenix gay
publication Heatstroke, Dec. 30.
Demanding legalized gay marriage is a pragmatic decision! It is not about
"copying" them. It is about money and rights. Straights don't want us to
marry? Then give us all those 1,049 rights, and we'll make up our own form
of marriage. No 1,049 rights? Then we demand legalized same-sex marriage! -
Larry Kramer, Sex and Sensibility, The Advocate, May 27, 1997
posted by simon cantlon at 5:40 AM
"A time comes when silence is betrayal."
- Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
"Well, I suppose this is as good a time as any for me to come out of the
closet. I can't help the way I was born. It's just who I am. I've never
announced this to a group publicly, but I guess it's about time. I am
heterosexual. I am absolutely certain in my entire being that I could never
be homosexual, no matter how hard I might try. I've never been attracted to
another man in my life, and the idea of engaging in a homosexual act is
foreign and distasteful to me. But just as I would hope that homosexual men
and women could accept me for who I am, I promise to try to accept them for
who they are. Why can't you do the same? Why can't we all do the same?"
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
"Whence all this passion toward conformity anyway?--diversity is the word.
Let man keep his many parts and you'll have no tyrant states"
- Ellison, 1947, p. 577
"They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting
to be happy together are invading their marriages. Helping a kid who's
getting beaten up in school is promoting homosexuality. If you gave me a
million dollars, I wouldn't know how to promote homosexuality. Do I hire Don
King?"
- U.S. Representative Barney Frank, D-Mass., on anti-gay activists, to
the San Francisco Examiner, July 17, 1998
"The use of the term 'practicing homosexual' is pejorative. That is almost as
bad as using the 'N' word to describe colored people. Christian groups have
insulted gays so often and for so many years with such negativity that my
only hope is that we don't issue an insulting statement about gays at this
conference. . .It is a justice issue that is just as compelling as being
opposed to apartheid in South Africa or to genocide In Rwanda."
- Newark, N.J., Episcopalian Bishop Jack Spong at the once-a-decade gathering of
Anglican Bishops in Canterbury, England, July 20, 1998
"When I was growing up in Utah, my perception of gay life was that gay men
were promiscuous, anti-family and that it was all about gay bars and
cruising. When I finally īcame outī to myself, I realized there was a whole
lot more to being gay than the stereotypes. I realized I didnīt have to
change any of the values or beliefs that I held about families,
relationships and commitments just because I was gay."
- Hero co-founder Sam Francis to the Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 3
"Basically, we don't want to sell soda like the other cola giants. The most
important person to us is the consumer, so chances are, [they're going to
say] something a helluva lot more interesting than anything a supermodel or
sports personality has to say."
-- Jonathan Cutler, spokesman for Virgin Cola, on the refusal of Boston TV
stations to air his company's ads featuring a gay couple exchanging "wedding
vows," August 17
"Marriage licenses aren't distributed on a first-come, first-served basis
here in Iowa. Heterosexual couples don't have to rush out and claim marriage
licenses now, before they are all snatched up by gay and lesbian couples.
Heterosexual unions are and will continue to be predominant, regardless of
what gay and lesbian couples do. To suggest that homosexual couples in any
way, shape or form threaten to undermine the stability of heterosexual
unions is patently absurd."
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
"We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a
way to become president of the United States."
- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
"You would think that those who are always talking about family values would
want to create an environment of permanent relationships for people of the
same sex. But they're not advocating family values. They're advocating their
values... I still get this shit full-time... They just are haters, period."
- San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown on gay marriage
"...principal House sponsor [of the federal anti-gay-marriage law, 'The
Defense of Marriage Act'], Bob Barr of Georgia, his district office
confirms, has been married three times -- which raises the question of why
the act doesn't contain a three-strikes-and-you're-out provision."
- NYTimes Frank Rich on DOMA Sponsor Bob Barr
"All that gay and lesbian people are asking for is, if not understanding,
then at least tolerance. All they are asking for is the same basic civil
equality that all Americans yearn for and should be entitled to."
- Iowa Rep. Ed Fallon, to the Iowa House 2/20/96
"The opportunity to be threatened, humiliated and to live in fear of being
beaten to death is the only 'special right' our culture bestows on
homosexuals."
- Diane Carman, Denver Post
"In late December, our [Vermont] state Supreme Court ruled that same-sex
couples are legally entitled to the same benefits and protections as married
heterosexuals. And despite the fact that Iīm a big, tough, out lesbian who
doesnīt need a court ruling to know that my relationship counts, even
despite the fact that I like living in sin-I felt really, well, validated.
Iīve often suspected that thereīs an aspect of sour grapes to my radical
politics. Like, if I canīt be in your club, fine. Itīs a stupid, smelly,
heteropatriarchal club anyway. This is a useful, self-affirming attitude up
to a point. But eventually, you start getting bitter and developing nervous
tics."
- Dykes To Watch Out For cartoonist Alison Bechdel to the Phoenix gay
publication Heatstroke, Dec. 30.
"Demanding legalized gay marriage is a pragmatic decision! It is not about
"copying" them. It is about money and rights. Straights don't want us to
marry? Then give us all those 1,049 rights, and we'll make up our own form
of marriage. No 1,049 rights? Then we demand legalized same-sex marriage!"
- Larry Kramer, Sex and Sensibility, The Advocate, May 27, 1997
posted by simon cantlon at 8:51 AM
