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Compiled By Jack Nichols Having Sex is the Only Badge of Honor She Knows
All Talk, No Action We live in a society that is obsessed with sex, but we don't live in a sexy society. Maureen Dowd—“What a Girl Wants”—New York Times, May 24 Vatican's Latest Directive is Particularly Offensive
My response is that in conscience, I don't think I can do that because
I don't think it is right…The part that I think is particularly unfair is to
say to someone, 'You are forbidden to speak about this experience.' How
else are we to grow as a church, as individuals or as a community unless
we can speak about and reflect on our experiences? That part I found
particularly offensive.
Sister Jeannine Gramick-- “Priest, nun barred from speaking about homosexuality”—Baltimore Sun, May 27 Paying a Price Never has one man suffered so much for enjoying oral sex. Bill Press—in a discussion about President Clinton on CNN's Crossfire, May 25 
When Divine Died, He Called a Friend:
The bad news is Divine is dead. The good news is more roles for me. Steve Martin—quoted by Martin Short, The Martin Short Show, ABC-TV, May 25 Are We Really All About Kids? These days we're all about kids, and serving our country, and Crate and Barrel. Hip young straight things may want to be like us, because they have the mistaken belief that we're edgy; but how on edge can we be, when the largest March contingent was comprised of parents, when March organizers installed a playground for young ones?… “Being gay is boring…” Hallelujah. Jennifer Vanasco—“Well, Gosh, We're Boring After All”—The Front Page, May 12 
Millenium March Blues
The overwhelming messages I heard were “We're just as boring as you are! See, we dress just like you! We're not radicals! All we want are the same things you have.” Kirk Read—“Going Shopping on the Mall”—The Front Page, May 12 No Refuge in Australia A homosexual Chinese national Mr. Simon Gui, faces deportation after the High Court refused to grant him special leave yesterday to appeal against a decision not to grant him a protection visa. Mr Gui feared persecution in China because of his homosexuality. Sydney Morning Herald, May 27 I Pronounce You Husband and Husband?
Diane Derby—“Enough JPs likely to abide by civil-unions law”--Rutland Herald, May 26 Pistol Packin' Jesus Thomas Provenzano's belief that he is Jesus Christ isn't enough to keep him from being executed for the 1984 murder of one of three bailiffs shot when he opened fire in the Orlando courthouse. Florida Today—May 26 |
Helen Gurley Brown in 1965 
The phrase is short and to the point: "By the authority vested in me by the
state of Vermont, I hereby certify this civil union." It's not written in stone,
but it is the suggested language for justices of the peace who will perform
civil union ceremonies beginning July 1. It may not be as personal as
"I pronounce you husband and wife," but it will do the job to legally ensure
that same-sex couples are afforded the same benefits of marriage as their
heterosexual counterparts.
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