Quotes & Quips

Compiled By Jack Nichols Mary Tells 'Em Mary Matalin "...and let me tell you something, I'm glad you brought that up, because I will demonize Republicans that gay bash in 2000. I'm not going to be officially working for anybody. But if we don't get off of that, we don't deserve to be a majority party, that's for sure." -----Mary Matalin, National Republican strategist, pundit and consultant, on NBC's Meet The Press, Sunday 14 February 1999 Trickster Missionaries in India A group of children accompanied by nuns were on a bus when the driver suddenly stopped and locked the door. The sisters asked the children what God they believed in and they replied that they were Hindus. So the nuns suggested that the children pray to their Hindu God to start the bus. The motor stayed silent. Then they suggested the Moslem children pray to Allah. Still the bus did not start. Only when the children prayed to Jesus Christ did the driver turn the ignition key. Celia W. Dugger-- "India's Christians: A Double Standard"— The New York Times, Feb. 19 Eleanor Roosevelt, Lorena Hickok & Walt Whitman Blanche Wiesen Cook: Eleanor Roosevelt loved Whitman and loved to read poetry aloud—did that with Hick (Lorena Hickok) a lot. Gary Schmidgall: What a wonderful image: Eleanor reading Whitman to Lorena Hickok. "Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady Activist and Agitator"— Walt Whitman biographer Gary Schmidgall interviews Eleanor Roosevelt Biographer Blanche Wiesen Cook —CUNY Matters, Fall, 1998 Walt Whitman We're Less Like Them, They're More Like Us He (Michael Bronski in The Pleasure Principle) tells us that gay men and gay culture cannot assimilate into the dominant culture because, for the last century, the dominant culture has been assimilating into us. It's a breathtaking assertion and, with reservations, I agree. That is, as heterosexuality has become less and less tied to procreation and marriage, as gay becomes less and less of an outlaw status, the points of contact multiply. John D'Emilio—"The Gaying of America" –The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review—Winter, 1999 Loving Reverend Weasel The Rev. Jerry "Tubby" Falwell and Teletubbie Tinky Winky Rev. Jerry Falwell: I have never seen the Teletubbies. I have never commented in anyway way at any time on the Teletubbies, positively or negatively. I learned Sunday – by the way, the story got started when an Associated Press writer in Roanoke, Virginia, read a newspaper that I am the publisher of, that an editor on page eight – Bill Maher: Right, The National Liberty Journal. Rev. Jerry Falwell: The National Liberty Journal. Bill Maher: Your paper. Okay, so somebody on your paper. Bill Maher & Rev. Jerry Falwell—Politically Incorrect—ABC-TV, Feb. 17 Home of the Rump Pump One of the inventors said he was tired of hearing people say Alabama is behind the times…..Alabama is now the home of the Rump Pump. CNN-Headline News report on a newly featured bicycle seat attachment—Feb. 19 Inside Pap on the Pope A Queensland Catholic priest has lamented the fact that many "good people" are looking forward to the death of the Pope. Kingaroy priest Father Kevin Ryan made the remarks in a Catholic Leader newspaper column dealing with the demise of general absolution, a popular but recently outlawed practice where a priest absolves a whole congregation of their sins. His remarks yesterday outraged Australian Catholics Advocacy Centre spokesman Paul Brazier, who called for Father Ryan's column to be dropped. The Courier-Mail newspaper: Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 20 A Foxy Badbear Private pilot--love to travel and do so extensively for pleasure. I love the water and related water sports, Skiing & scuba diving. Classical pianist, I'm intelligent, outgoing, young at heart, creative in and out of bed. I belong to the following organizations AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) NGPA (National Gay Pilots Association) GNI (Gay Naturist International) NEON (North East Ohio Naturist) NAUI certified diver (National Association of Underwater Instructors) IMEN (International Men Enjoying Naturism) & I was ( Mr. IMEN 97) Vince— www.badbears.com Model & Mr. IMEN 97. Give Me Liberty or Darken the Stage The Young Playwrights Festival is the latest in a series of controversies about homosexuality and the arts that has put Charlotte at the center of a national debate. Time Out's Taylor said it would be better to cancel the Young Playwrights Festival than to have it discriminate against gays and lesbians. "It's the same rationale we hear all the time,'' Taylor said. "The festival, they say, should continue because it serves the greater good even if one play can't be performed. I don't buy that rationale.'' Tony Brown—"Teen's play a winner, buts its performance is banned"--Charlotte Observer, Feb. 19 Christian Homo Alerts Mawyer (Christian Action Network) said he is taking his 250,000-member organization's issue to Congress, every network and to situation comedy producers across the country. "Unless these producers are trying to promote a secret agenda,'' he said, "they should have no problems alerting parents that their programs contain homosexual content.''…. Supervisor Tom Ammiano To San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who is gay, the Christian Action Network's proposal is "again a case of twisted values. The message is: What's coming up is evil, what's coming up is less than human.'' "Maybe we should have a warning about people like this,'' Ammiano said, referring to Mawyer. Elaine Herscher-- "Groups Seek Warnings for Gay Programs"—San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 19

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