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“It does not affect your daily life very much if
your neighbor marries
a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right. … Now you must raise
your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the
same legal footing as man and wife.”
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in a speech
to the Heritage Foundation (Washington
Post, July 12); Cornyn’s press secretary later told blogger Andrew Sullivan
that the quote was contained in the written text of the speech but that Cornyn
did not use it
“If courts create their own arbitrary definition
of marriage as a mere legal contract, and cut marriage off from its cultural,
religious and natural
roots, then the meaning of marriage is lost, and the institution is weakened.”
President Bush (National radio address, July 10)
“You can say I’m a hater. But I would argue I’m a lover.
I’m a lover of traditional families and children who deserve the right
to have a mother and father.”
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), in the floor debate on the Federal Marriage Amendment
(Washington Post, July 14)
“I don’t support same-sex marriage. I believe that marriage should
be between a man and a woman. The people of my state voted on this on a ballot
in the year 2000 and sustained that. Once you have a ballot measure like that,
I’m clearly here to carry out the intentions of a majority of the state.”
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), on
her opposition to gay marriage; she is also opposed to the Federal Marriage
Amendment (“CNN Late Edition,” July
11)
“First of all, to be clear that people should
be free to enter into their relationships that they choose. And, secondly,
to recognize what’s
historically been the situation, that when it comes to conferring legal status
on relationships, that is a matter left to the states.”
Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President
Dick Cheney and former head of the National Endowment of the Humanities, suggesting
she opposes the FMA; the Cheneys’ younger
daughter Mary is gay and in a long-term relationship (“CNN Late Edition,” July
11)
“In some cultures, sexual intercourse is so
elaborate that condoms are a hindrance.”
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, speaking at the International AIDS Conference
in Bangkok (Washington Times, July 13)
“[The Federal Marriage Amendment] is taking
a group of people and saying ‘You
don’t deserve to have equal rights.’ That’s homophobic, and
I cannot wrap my mind around why someone would support that.”
Jacob Wilcock, 19, a former intern of Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard (R), primary
sponsor of the FMA; Wilcock, who is gay, was awarded a PFLAG college scholarship
in a ceremony presided over by Allard (The Coloradoan, July 11)
“Heck, I’d write him a recommendation, and I’d rehire him,
too. It wasn’t an endorsement of his lifestyle. It was an endorsement
of the education process and a recognition that he wanted to continue his education.”
Republican Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado, on Jacob Wilcock, a 19-year-old former
intern who was openly gay during his time in the office (The Coloradoan, July
11)
“Nothing less than the future of our society,
and the course of constitutional government in the United States, are at
stake.”
Edwin Meese III, attorney general under President Reagan, and Matthew Spalding
of the Heritage Foundation (Washington Times, July 13)
“I couldn’t join a party that, frankly,
tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.”
Ron Reagan, Jr., on the Republican Party (Washington Post July 10)
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