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| Compiled By Jack Nichols
What Interests Dan Quayle?
He also displayed a peculiar fascination with a South American wooden carving of a man with
an unusually large penis. Quayle, though, is the only veep on this list who has a chance to re-make his
image. For one thing, he might run for president in 2000.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony—"Top 10 Worst Vice Presidents" George magazine, March, 1999 San Diego: the Grass is Greener but… the People too? Everything that's wrong with San Francisco is right in San Diego and the one thing that's wrong with SD is right in SF. (Bad in SF: cost of housing, cost of everything, congestion, parking, traffic, panhandlers, litter, MUNI, weather, jaded homosexuals, politics run amok, and it thinks it's the most flawless place on earth. Bad in SD: Unlike SF, it is not an epicenter for hordes and hordes of interesting people.) Rex Wockner: sandiego.sidewalk.com/wockner Andrew Sullivan: A Gay Catholic Slams Clinton's Morality
Andrew Sullivan—"A Happy Ending"—The New Republic, March 8 Confessions of a Guilty Parochial Teacher John and another boy (who was often ridiculed for the same reasons) walked by on their way to the subway. As they passed the bus, a group of swimmers began shouting vicious comments at them. The team's actions certainly met the criteria I had set for when I should step in. But there were probably twenty boys participating in the derision, while more laughed them on. How could I reprimand thirty boys? If I came out strongly publicly in defense of John and the other student, would the students then turn on me? Would they begin to question my sexuality? I was a new teacher who was trying to prove myself. I had my own situation to think about. So I did nothing…I felt intensely guilty about my failure to act. Anthony D. Andreassi—Commonweal, February 26 Too Mad for Brad
James Dobson's Sinister Motives His 'lack of common language that all parties relate to' has caused him (and others) some pain. The discussion of homosexuality is one area where Focus (on the Family) more recently has been intentional about revamping its literature to exude more compassion and less vitriol…In the eyes of some, no matter what Dobson does, sinister motives are attributed to him which makes him understandably irritated. Wendy Murray Zoba— "Daring to Discipline America"—Christianity Today, March 1 Newsweek: Gays & Blacks in Teen Films
Gay characters, similarly, are no big deal. In 'Go' Jay Mohr and Scott Wolf ('Party of Five') play two friends who are revealed offhandedly to be lovers. 'When we tested the movie, a lot of the kids don't realize the two soap opera actors are gay,' says one of the producers, Chris Lee. 'It may be that they don't want to think that about Scott Wolf.' By the time the two characters start bickering like a couple, says Lee, the kids get it. They're 'on the floor' with laughter. Veronica Chambers & Yahlin Chang—Newsweek, March 1 Gay Gangs on Fox News? I was watching a recent episode of Fox Files (Thursdays at 9pm Eastern) when I saw what may be the most bizarre promo in recent memory. It went something like this: "They just like the Crips and Bloods ... Except they're GAY! Gay gangs...out of the closet and on to our streets!" Who woulda thunk, in this day and age, that there would be roving gangs of young, gay men taking to the street. Mothers, protect your children. The show, hosted by two highly regarded journalists - Catherine Crier and Jon Scott - began with a disclaimer: Gang violence is not specific to the gay community; it's just one nasty segment of the underground. It turned out, though, that the "gay gangs" were just some kids who got into fist fights with other kids who insulted them. In one case, a gay guy punched a young woman who was with a guy he wanted to date. Bad behavior? Yes. But national news?…when all you have is some kids punching each other, you've got to go searching for drama. Add creepy music, jerky camera motions, MTV graphics, and drugged-out gay youth, and you have a titillating story... Fred McKissack-- "Gay Gangs and Playboy Triplets"-- The Progressive, March, 1999 Not-So-Conservative: Southern Methodist U Students
SMU students demonstrated the power of the student body voice Thursday, by
voting 961 to 670 in favor of including the phrase sexual orientation in the
university's non-discrimination statement.
The referendum's passing is the culmination of a grass-roots student effort to have the term "sexuality" included in the non-discrimination statement. The movement began when SMU junior Gary Larson, a member of United Methodist Campus Ministries, was denied consideration for a leadership position within the ministry because he would not sign an agreement to be celibate outside of marriage. Larson said that he, as a homosexual, could not sign the agreement because homosexual marriages are not valid in the Methodist Church. Peyton D. Woodson-- Southern Methodist University's Daily Campus, February 19 Banned in Charlotte-- Hailed in London & New York The story of Samantha Gellar has struck quite a nerve – and not just in Charlotte. Samantha, you might recall, is the 17-year-old junior at Northwest School of the Arts whose play, Love Versus the Paperback Romance, was among five winners in the Charlotte Young Playwrights Festival. The four others were performed last Friday night at Children's Theatre of Charlotte. Samantha's play was not, because its two characters are lesbians. When the news broke last week that festival organizers were excluding her play, the BBC phoned Samantha for an interview. WBTV (Channel 3) put her on the local TV news. Some people called to offer her money to help produce the play elsewhere in town. And New York-based Young Playwrights Inc. wrote Children's Theatre of Charlotte to "denounce" the decision. It's ironic: That decision to deny Samantha part of the spotlight last Friday night ended up shining an even bigger and brighter one on her. Editorial—"Banned in Charlotte" --Charlotte Observer, Feb. 23 |
Mr. Sullivan 
Brad Pitt as the devilshly handsome Joe Black 
Scott Wolf as the angelic Bailey from Party of Five 
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