“You know, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn’t feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life. … Now, I gotta get in their face. I’m proud to be a woman. I’m proud to be a black woman, and I’m proud to be gay.”
Comedian and actress Wanda Sykes in a surprise appearance at a Las Vegas rally against Proposition 8, one of dozens of rallies held around the country on Saturday to oppose California voters passing the gay marriage ban. (Associated Press, Nov. 16)
“I don’t want to be married. I’m very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership. The word ‘marriage,’ I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.”
Pop star Elton John, who has a British “civil partnership” with David Furnish, in an interview about what went wrong with California’s Proposition 8. (USA Today, Nov. 13)
“Today, Connecticut sends a message of hope and inspiration to lesbian and gay people throughout this country who simply want to be treated as equal citizens by their government.”
Bennett Klein, attorney for the gay couples who sued for the right to marry in Connecticut, as gay marriages began in the state last week (Associated Press, Nov. 12)
“I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. I think it is prepared to use the government if it can get control of it. I think that it is a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion.”
Former Georgia Congressman and Fox news pundit Newt Gingrich, commenting on air on the Proposition 8 protests. (“The O’Reilly Factor,” Fox News, Nov. 14)
“At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won’t be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.”
Actor George Clooney, in an interview with Ted Casablanca’s “Awful Truth” on E! Online (Eonline.com, Nov. 11).
“The tradition in America is a progression of individual freedoms. You know what the tradition of America would say? Gay marriage is the next step in the progression. That’s the tradition of America. You’re misrepresenting the tradition. Your idea of tradition is a mythological Ozzie and Harriet thing.”
Comedian and “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart interviewing Fox News host Bill O’Reilly (“Daily Show” via Towleroad.com, Nov. 14)
“I don’t want to classify myself. First of all, you never know what’s going to happen — tomorrow, in a month, a year from now, five years from now. I appreciate people, and it doesn’t matter who they are, and I feel blessed to be able to feel comfortable enough with myself that I can say that.”
Actress Lindsay Lohan, who acknowledged that she is dating DJ Samantha Ronson and is very happy; Lohan answered “no” when asked if she is a lesbian and “maybe, yeah,” when asked if she is bisexual. (Harper’s Bazaar, December issue)
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